Roquefort-la-Bédoule’s best grade is for jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment. The town’s overall grade, B−, puts it better than half of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #25 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Homes are dear (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety, B for schools, B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Roquefort-la-Bédoule 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.
Chapelle Saint-André-de-Julhans: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roquefort-la-Bédoule.
HousingCost of living D−
Buying in Roquefort-la-Bédoule costs more than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €4,486/m²
€4,486/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Roquefort-la-Bédoule sell for €5,234/m² and apartments for €3,818/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €16.73/m² a month, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. A house rents for an estimated €17.65/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Roquefort-la-Bédoule€4,486/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Bouches-du-Rhône median€3,824/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,234/m²
69
Apartments
€3,818/m²
58
€16.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.94 to €21.64/m² a month)
12.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€17.65/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
Who lives here
Roquefort-la-Bédoule has fewer young adults than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 8% are 15 to 24
47.3median age
28% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 39% of adults, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (30%). Roquefort-la-Bédoule has a median age of 47.3 years.
Roquefort-la-BédouleBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. 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
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Roquefort-la-Bédoule is better off than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €30,260 a year per consumption unit
9%walk, cycle or take transit
The unemployment rate here is 7.6%. 8.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport4%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle0%
1,600
jobs based in Roquefort-la-Bédoule, 0.7 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
85.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 4.2 points below the expected rate
100%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #26 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. A collège lies 1.5 mi away. At the two general lycées, 100% of 242 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Less crime per resident in Roquefort-la-Bédoule than in 56% of compared French towns
3.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Police and gendarmerie recorded 113 offenses in Roquefort-la-Bédoule in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 16.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.4 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage43
Theft from vehicles26
Burglary16
Family violence14
Vehicle theft14
Fraud37
Theft without violence27
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.
3.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.8
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
8.1%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 8.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B−
Roquefort-la-Bédoule’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 54% of compared French towns
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its three care homes for older people (260 places) count their residents as Roquefort-la-Bédoule’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. 905 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 731: 24% above. 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. There are 6 general practitioners in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Roquefort-la-Bédoule · 7.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier General D Aubagne
3.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier General D Aubagne
86 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bouches-du-Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Roquefort-la-Bédoule is a commune of 5,798 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
Population
5,798 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
Département
Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
12 sq mi (31 km²)
INSEE code
13085
Roquefort-la-Bédoule’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 Roquefort-la-Bédoule
Is Roquefort-la-Bédoule safe?
It grades B for safety, #25 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Roquefort-la-Bédoule good?
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #26 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. The lycée stands out: 100% of 134 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Jean de Garguier 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 Roquefort-la-Bédoule expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Roquefort-la-Bédoule grades D− for cost of living.
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.
