Ornaisons has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 13.0% unemployment. At the median price of €2,001/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Ornaisons 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 Ornaisons.
HousingCost of living C
Ornaisons is graded a C for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
62 sales of houses and apartments in Ornaisons, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,001/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.13/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.13/m² a month, near Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,001/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ornaisons€2,001/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,001/m²
62
€11.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.12 to €13.57/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,350
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Ornaisons is graded a D− for jobs & income
The unemployment rate comes to 13.0%. 8.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Aude’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,270 a year per consumption unit.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Ornaisons, 0.4 per working resident
13.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Ornaisons, fewer than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, below Aude’s towns (29%) but above compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents. The middle age in Ornaisons is 50.4.
50.4median age
OrnaisonsAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Ornaisons sees 91 deaths per 100 expected, against 98 in Aude’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ornaisons has one family doctor. Life expectancy in Aude: 84.4 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 134 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 122, 9% fewer.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Ornaisons · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne
8.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ornaisons
Is Ornaisons safe?
Ornaisons has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 13.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Ornaisons expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,001/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ornaisons grades C for cost of living.
About Ornaisons
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Ornaisons is a commune of 1,161 people in the Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. 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
1,161 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
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.
