Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. It lags on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,482/m².
Villasavary 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 Villasavary 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 Villasavary.
HealthHealth D
Adjusted for age and care homes, Villasavary sees more deaths than 86% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Villasavary: 105 deaths for every 100 expected. 102 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 97: 5% above. The nearest emergency department to Villasavary is Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite, 7.5 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Aude is 84.4 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Villasavary · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite
18 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
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Villasavary keeps more of its old housing than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 33% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Villasavary; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Villasavary are under 15, more than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, above Aude’s towns (8.9%) but below compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents. At 42.3, the median resident of Villasavary sits in the middle of the age range.
42.3median age
VillasavaryAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Villasavary than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 5.7%
Of those in the labour force, 10.9% are unemployed. Half of residents lived on more than €23,710 a year per consumption unit, about level with Aude’s towns (€23,350) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 3.2% of Villasavary’s working residents to work at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Villasavary, 0.4 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Villasavary
Is Villasavary safe?
Villasavary has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 11.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Villasavary expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Villasavary grades A− for cost of living.
About Villasavary
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Villasavary is a commune of 1,220 people in the Communauté de communes Piège Lauragais Malepère. 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.
