Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for cost of living (D) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability (C+): 6% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Just over a third of homes here are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Paradou 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 Paradou 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 Paradou.
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Paradou costs more than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €4,813/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.68/m² a month, lower than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €13.34/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 90 homes were sold in Paradou.
€4,813/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Paradou€4,813/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Bouches-du-Rhône median€3,824/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,980/m²
83
€13.68/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.12 to €16.84/m² a month)
12.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Paradou loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 79 per 100 expected, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 134 residents of Paradou died, against 170 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Paradou is Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles, 8.5 mi away. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Bouches-du-Rhône is 86 years for women and 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Bouches-du-Rhône town has 3 family doctors.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw79
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Paradou · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles
8.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles
86 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bouches-du-Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Paradou is better off than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €30,910 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 6.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. 6.1% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Paradou has 250 jobs for 950 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Paradou, 0.3 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 39% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
4 historic monuments in Paradou, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Paradou is Restes de l'antique voie aurélienne et la colonne milliaire qui subsistent. 6.6% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Paradou has fewer young adults than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by 45% of adults. 19% are under 15, higher than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Half of Paradou is older than 46.4, half younger.
46.4median age
ParadouBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education45%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Restes de l'antique voie aurélienne et la colonne milliaire qui subsistent: Photo: Finoskov · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix du cimetière et les cyprès qui l'encadrent: Photo: Malost · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vestiges de l’ancien château et du bourg castral de Castillon: Photo: Malost · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ensemble paroissial Saint-Martin-de-Castillon: Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Paradou
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Paradou as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Paradou
Is Paradou safe?
Paradou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 16.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Paradou expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Paradou grades D for cost of living.
About Paradou
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Paradou is a commune of 2,159 people in the Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA). 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
Population
2,159 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)
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.
