Buying 70 m² at the median €2,815/m² takes 6.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée. Its best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Ambérieux-en-Dombes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Ambérieux-en-Dombes 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 Ambérieux-en-Dombes.
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Ambérieux-en-Dombes’ ages would predict, 76 per 100 expected, under Ain’s towns and compared French towns
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 132 deaths in Ambérieux-en-Dombes from 2016 to 2025; there were 100, 24% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Ambérieux-en-Dombes is Polyclinique du Beaujolais, 9.5 mi away. There is one general practitioner locally. In Ain, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw76
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Ambérieux-en-Dombes · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
9.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Few people in Ambérieux-en-Dombes are 15 to 24: 8.8%, fewer than in Ain’s towns and across compared French towns
41.9median age
Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents. 18% are under 15, between Ain’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 28% of adults.
Ambérieux-en-DombesAin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer commuters in Ambérieux-en-Dombes walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 5.2%
5%walk, cycle or take transit
6.4% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Ambérieux-en-Dombes number 250, against 950 residents in work (0.3 per worker). Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €28,120 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Ambérieux-en-Dombes, 0.3 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 57% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Ambérieux-en-Dombes’s median home price is €2,815/m²
€2,815/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Ambérieux-en-Dombes goes for €3,020/m², an apartment for €2,775/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.22/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 54% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ambérieux-en-Dombes€2,815/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,020/m²
53
Apartments
€2,775/m²
45
€12.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.48 to €16.10/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€30,420
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Ambérieux-en-Dombes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
More of the graded crimes in Ambérieux-en-Dombes were burglary than anything else (2025). For 2025, the figures show 26 offenses locally. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.5 violent offenses and 13.3 graded property crimes a year.
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary10
Criminal damage9
Theft from vehicles7
Armed robbery0
Fraud9
Theft without violence8
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.
3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
32.4%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 32.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Ambérieux-en-Dombes is a commune of 1,906 people in the Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée. 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
Population
1,906 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée
Département
Ain (01)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
6.2 sq mi (16 km²)
INSEE code
01005
Ambérieux-en-Dombes’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ambérieux-en-Dombes
Is Ambérieux-en-Dombes safe?
Ambérieux-en-Dombes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Is Ambérieux-en-Dombes expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.36/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ambérieux-en-Dombes grades B− for cost of living.
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.
