Ouveillan grades B overall: better than 59% of compared French towns, and #3 of 22 in Aude. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 13.0% unemployment. At the median price of €1,566/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Ouveillan 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 Ouveillan.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Ouveillan than in 92% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in Ouveillan were criminal damage than anything else (2025). All told, Ouveillan had 34 recorded offenses in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Ouveillan ranks 3rd of the 22 compared towns in Aude.
2.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage28
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
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.
2.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
34
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
22.8%
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Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 22.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C−
More deaths than expected: Ouveillan is above 82% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Ouveillan. Adjusted mortality in the town: 102 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 443 residents of Ouveillan died, against 343 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. The nearest emergency department to Ouveillan is Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu, 7.7 mi away.
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Ouveillan · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu
7.7 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
Fewer commuters in Ouveillan walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 7.6%
The median disposable income was €23,390 a year per consumption unit, close to Aude’s towns (€23,350) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 13.0% are unemployed. At the census, 4.7% of working residents in Ouveillan didn’t travel to work at all.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Ouveillan, 0.3 per working resident
13.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,390
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 71% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Ouveillan: 21% were built before 1919, more than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Ouveillan is Ruines de l'ancienne grange cistercienne de Fontcalvy. The town has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. The oldest protected building goes back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Ouveillan has fewer young adults than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 8.3% are 15 to 24
A quarter of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 17%, above Aude’s towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Ouveillan has a median age of 44.5.
44.5median age
OuveillanAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Église Saint-Jean: Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1914-1918: Photo: Gilles Garrofé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ruines de l'ancienne grange cistercienne de Fontcalvy: Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Ouveillan
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Ouveillan as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ouveillan
Is Ouveillan safe?
It grades A for safety, #3 of 22 in Aude.
Is Ouveillan expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,566/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ouveillan grades B for cost of living.
About Ouveillan
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Ouveillan is a commune of 2,713 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. 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.
