Decazeville grades C overall: better than 33% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 5.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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 Decazeville 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 Decazeville.
HousingCost of living A
A home in Decazeville sells for €963/m², less than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Decazeville is below both Aveyron’s towns (€1,741/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Only one of the 16 towns in Aveyron costs less to buy into than Decazeville, whose median sale is €963/m². Houses in Decazeville sell for €1,000/m² and apartments for €875/m².
€963/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Decazeville€963/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aveyron median€1,741/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,000/m²
139
Apartments
€875/m²
31
€8.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.59 to €10.38/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,870
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Decazeville Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Decazeville: 17% were built before 1919, more than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Decazeville comes above both Aveyron’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). For its size, Decazeville has 14 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Decazeville, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 35% of people in Decazeville are 65 or over, more than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns
Decazeville sits above both Aveyron’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. Children are 13% of the town.
53.8median age
DecazevilleAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Decazeville are out of work than in Aveyron’s towns or across compared French towns: 22.5%
That puts Decazeville above both Aveyron’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Decazeville has 2,900 jobs for 1,400 working residents, 2.1 per worker. The median disposable income is €21,560 a year per consumption unit.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot11%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,900
jobs based in Decazeville, 2.1 per working resident
22.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 76% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Decazeville’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 72% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,075 residents of Decazeville died, against 927 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. Its three care homes for older people (180 places) count their residents as Decazeville’s; allowing for them, 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
Raw116
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Decazeville · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Pierre Delpech Decazeville
19 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Villefranche de Rouergue site la Chartreuse
85.1 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aveyron, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Decazeville has more crime per resident than 69% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 113 offenses in the graded categories in Decazeville in 2025. For armed robbery 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, 1.6% of the index here.
12.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage40
Other physical violence26
Family violence20
Sexual violence11
Burglary11
Vehicle theft5
Drug use46
Fraud33
Theft without violence25
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.
12.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
113
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
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Decazeville’s 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 Decazeville
Is Decazeville safe?
It grades C for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 40 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Decazeville good?
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns. 96% of 128 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent La Découverte in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Decazeville expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €8.27/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Decazeville grades A for cost of living.
About Decazeville
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Decazeville is a commune of 5,020 people in the Communauté de communes Decazeville Communauté. 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.
