Alleins’s lowest grade is for cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. It lags on schools as well (C−): brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Homes go for a median €3,620/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Alleins has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Alleins 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 Alleins.
HousingCost of living D
Alleins gets a D for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.93/m² a month, close to Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 94% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 69 homes were sold in Alleins.
€3,620/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Alleins€3,620/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Bouches-du-Rhône median€3,824/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,750/m²
65
€15.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.62 to €20.11/m² a month)
9.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Schools around Alleins do less well than those of 79% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Alleins, higher than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (85.2%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 5.4 mi away. The town’s schools place #85 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône on results.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Alleins’ 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.
Average lifespans in Bouches-du-Rhône: 86 years for women, 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Alleins come to 97 per 100 predicted. 186 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 193: 3% below.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Alleins · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital du Pays Salonais
5.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital du Pays Salonais
86 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bouches-du-Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Alleins is a graduates’ town: 43% hold a degree, more than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns
The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents. 20% are under 15, higher than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.4% of residents.
42.1median age
AlleinsBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education43%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Alleins keeps more of its old housing than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Alleins is Fragments antiques de la porte de la ville et de la chapelle du cimetière. Protection here reaches back to the 1st century. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Fewer commuters in Alleins walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 5.5%
Per resident in work, Alleins counts 0.3 jobs (350 jobs, 1,350 workers). The median disposable income is €29,200 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 8.2%, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Public transport4%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Alleins, 0.3 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Alleins has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
More of the graded crimes in Alleins were burglary than anything else (2025). Violence against people averaged 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 11.2. In all, 12 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025.
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary6
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Fraud18
Theft without violence12
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.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
40.1%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 40.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Fragments antiques de la porte de la ville et de la chapelle du cimetière: Photo: SombreSanglier · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, dite Notre-Dame-de-Pitié: Photo: Didiwoo · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Alleins
Is Alleins safe?
Alleins has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Alleins good?
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns and #85 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Alleins expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Alleins grades D for cost of living.
About Alleins
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Alleins is a commune of 2,852 people in the Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. 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.
