Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 5,425 residents, it is a town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
The picture is mixed. Housing is expensive (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Rousset’s overall grade of C+ puts it better than 40% of compared French towns, #37 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 31.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Where it does best is jobs & income — 3.1 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Add schools to its strengths (A−): brevet results at the expected rate.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Rousset does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rousset 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rousset as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Pierre, in Peynier, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rousset.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Rousset, houses go for €4,411/m² and apartments for €4,309/m². The estimated advertised rent is €17.25/m² a month, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 56% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,411/m² | 96 |
| Apartments | €4,309/m² | 76 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
210 offenses were reported in Rousset during 2025. The town has 8,000 jobs for 2,550 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. More of the graded crimes in the town were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For 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, 4.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #12 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean ZayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 150 | 93%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stands at 8.7%. Bus, tram or train carried 5.0% of working residents in Rousset to work at the census. At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Rousset didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
11% of residents are 15 to 24, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children under 15 make up 19% of residents. Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Rousset | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Rousset can choose among 4 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Rousset is Hopital Prive de Provence, 9.4 mi away. Its care home for older people (77 places) counts its residents as Rousset’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 454 residents of Rousset died, against 443 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Museums, family days out and heritage in and near Rousset. Best known first.
Nothing in Rousset is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rousset yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rousset | 5,425 | — | C+ | D− | D | B |
| Peynier | 3,739 | 2.3 | — | D− | — | B+ |
| Fuveau | 10,337 | 3.7 | B | D− | B+ | A |
| Trets | 10,946 | 4 | C | D | B+ | C+ |
| Gréasque | 4,554 | 5.3 | B | D− | A− | B+ |
| Pourrières Var | 5,642 | 6 | — | D | — | B |
| La Bouilladisse | 6,547 | 6 | C | D− | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #79 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns and #12 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rousset grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Rousset is a commune of 5,425 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.