Between 2015 and 2019, The standard of living of the inhabitants of the city policy districts (QPV) meeting have progressed a little faster than elsewhere, reveals an INSEE study. In 2018, 159,300 people lived in one of these 49 priority districts, Or 19 % of the population, Against 7 % in mainland France. The monetary poverty rate is significantly higher than the regional average : in 2019, 53 % of people living in a QPV lived below the national poverty line, Against 37 % for the whole island and 43 % for the QPV of France. The poverty rate is 40 % in the QPV of the outskirts of downtown Saint-Paul 65 % in that of Bel-Air-Center-Ville-Village Desprez in Sainte-Suzanne. As with the whole island, The inhabitants of QPVs experience a significant improvement in their standard of living. Between 2015 and 2019, Their median standard of living has increased by 2,8 % per year on average. This improvement is a little more marked than for all of the Reunionese districts in great difficulty (+2,4 %). And faster than in France (+1,8 %), But the median standard of living of the Reunionese residing in these districts remains 10 % lower than that of the inhabitants of the hexagonal QPVs. The standard of living increases the most strongly (more than 3,6 % per year) In eight QPV : Bois de Nèfles Cocos in Saint-Louis, 4th Crown at the port, Olive wood and Cabris ravine in Saint-Pierre, Periphery of the city center in Saint-Paul, Sainte-Anne in Saint-Benoît, Bagatelle Sainte-Suzanne and Domenjod in Saint-Denis.
Priority neighborhoods : precariousness in slight decline
