Six-Fours-les-Plages’s overall grade is C−, better than just over a fifth of compared French towns. That places it #29 of 73 in Var. Cost of living is its weak spot (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 14.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime runs high: an average of 6.5 recorded violent incidents and 18.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fewer journeys need a car: just over nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Six-Fours-les-Plages with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Six-Fours-les-Plages.
HousingCost of living D−
A home in Six-Fours-les-Plages sells for €5,236/m², more than in Var’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Six-Fours-les-Plages goes for €5,375/m², an apartment for €5,148/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €16.58/m² a month, above both Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 34% houses, the rest apartments.
€5,236/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Six-Fours-les-Plages€5,236/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Var median€3,797/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,375/m²
785
Apartments
€5,148/m²
1,551
€16.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€13.29 to €20.69/m² a month)
14.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€17.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,290
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Six-Fours-les-Plages skews older, with 35% of residents 65 or over, more than Var’s towns or compared French towns
34% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Var’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Under 15: 12% of residents. The share aged 15 to 24 is 8%.
55.1median age
Six-Fours-les-PlagesVar medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
A walkable place: Six-Fours-les-Plages beats 79% of compared French towns on foot
Of those in the labour force, 12.1% are unemployed. Half of residents lived on more than €27,670 a year per consumption unit, close to Var’s towns (€26,770) and above compared French towns (€25,970). For its 13,350 residents in work, Six-Fours-les-Plages has 10,350 jobs: 0.8 each.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
Motorbike or scooter5%
Public transport5%
On foot4%
Bicycle3%
10,350
jobs based in Six-Fours-les-Plages, 0.8 per working resident
12.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 79% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Six-Fours-les-Plages than in 67% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Six-Fours-les-Plages came to 860 in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
6.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage323
Burglary153
Family violence117
Theft from vehicles89
Vehicle theft70
Other physical violence61
Sexual violence47
Fraud239
Theft without violence181
Drug use93
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
6.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
860
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
83.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the six collèges within 5 km, 2.5 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #27 of 63 in Var. At the three general lycées, 96% of 887 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 8th century. Among the classé monuments in Six-Fours-les-Plages is Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1919 make up 3.5% of the total, below Var’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Six-Fours-les-Plages sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 92 in Var’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Var: 86 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 5,230 deaths in Six-Fours-les-Plages from 2016 to 2025; there were 4,745, 9% fewer. The town has 26 family doctors.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
26
GPs in Six-Fours-les-Plages · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chits Ch George Sand
6.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Toulon Hyeres Saint Jean
86 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Var, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Pépiole: Photo: Béotien lambda · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Phare du Grand Rouveau: Photo: Cyr0z · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Villa Cécile: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens: Photo: Rvalette · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Six-Fours-les-Plages
4 notable people were born in Six-Fours-les-Plages.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Six-Fours-les-Plages
Is Six-Fours-les-Plages safe?
It grades C for safety, #43 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 153 burglaries and 323 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Six-Fours-les-Plages good?
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #27 of 63 in Var. 96% of 346 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Paul Langevin in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Six-Fours-les-Plages expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Six-Fours-les-Plages grades D− for cost of living.
About Six-Fours-les-Plages
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Six-Fours-les-Plages is a commune of 37,109 people in the Métropole Toulon-Provence-Méditerranée. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
