Quillan grades B overall: better than 56% of compared French towns, and #5 of 22 in Aude. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 1.4 jobs per working resident; 19.3% unemployment. At the median price of €1,176/m², a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises. Its strongest is walkability (A): 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Quillan 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 Quillan.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Quillan than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 9.6% are under 15
For Quillan, that is below both Aude’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 38% of the town.
59.1median age
QuillanAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Quillan has higher unemployment than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 19.3%
Quillan sits above both Aude’s towns (14.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €20,830 a year per consumption unit.
22%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
On foot17%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,300
jobs based in Quillan, 1.4 per working resident
19.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Quillan than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.22/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Quillan below both Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Quillan is the cheapest of the 23 towns in Aude: its median sale is €1,176/m². The median price, €1,176/m², comes from 217 sales of houses and apartments in Quillan from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,176/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Quillan€1,176/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,216/m²
203
€8.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.83 to €9.91/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€20,440
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Quillan’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 599 residents of Quillan died, against 575 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Its care home for older people (50 places) counts its residents as Quillan’s; allowing for it, deaths were 4% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Quillan · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Carcassonne Smur Antenne Quillan
25.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Quillan has less crime per resident than 50% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 60 offenses in the graded categories in Quillan in 2025. For other physical violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 8.1% of the index here. With 1,300 jobs for 900 working residents, Quillan draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
8.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage27
Family violence14
Sexual violence11
Burglary8
Theft without violence18
Fraud11
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.
8.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
60
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Quillan
Is Quillan safe?
It grades B− for safety, #8 of 22 in Aude. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
Is Quillan expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,176/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Quillan grades A− for cost of living.
About Quillan
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Quillan is a commune of 2,978 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises. 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.
