Millau grades A− overall: better than 81% of compared French towns, and #11 of 14 in Aveyron. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 12.0% unemployment. At the median price of €1,882/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de Millau Grands Causses. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% 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 Millau 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.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
An older town: 27% of residents are 65 or over
9.6% of residents are 15 to 24 and 27% are 65 or over, against 8.9% and 30% in the median compared commune of Aveyron. 31% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Aveyron 29%, France 30%).
49.2median age
MillauAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Millau’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 66% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 2,717 residents of Millau died, against 2,889 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Its four care homes for older people (397 places) count their residents as Millau’s; allowing for them, deaths were 17% 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.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
25
GPs in Millau · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Communal de Millau
1.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Communal de Millau
85.1 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aveyron, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Millau costs an estimated advertised €10.30/m² a month, against €9.38/m² in Aveyron’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,882/m², comes from 877 sales of houses and apartments in Millau from July 2023 to June 2026. In Millau, houses go for €2,441/m² and apartments for €1,694/m².
€1,882/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Millau€1,882/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aveyron median€1,741/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,441/m²
338
Apartments
€1,694/m²
539
€10.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.03 to €13.21/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,210
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Millau Grands Causses
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Millau has less crime per resident than 54% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 457 offenses in the graded categories in Millau in 2025. For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here.
7.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage211
Family violence56
Other physical violence55
Burglary45
Theft from vehicles39
Sexual violence35
Vehicle theft16
Drug use282
Theft without violence211
Fraud128
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.
7.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
457
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
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Millau’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 Millau
Is Millau safe?
It grades B− for safety, #9 of 14 in Aveyron. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 45 burglaries and 211 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Millau good?
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns and #5 of 13 in Aveyron. The lycée stands out: 99% of 78 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Jeanne d'Arc in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Millau expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,882/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Millau grades B for cost of living.
About Millau
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Millau is a commune of 22,044 people in the Communauté de communes de Millau Grands Causses. 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.
