Ajain has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Ajain 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 Ajain.
Who lives here
Few people in Ajain are 15 to 24: 4.5%, fewer than in Creuse’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Ajain comes below both Creuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 41% of residents.
57.3median age
AjainCreuse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
41%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma36%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Only 1.7% of commuters in Ajain go to work without a car, fewer than in Creuse’s towns and compared French towns
For Ajain, that is below both Creuse’s towns (21.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 9.2% of the labour force are out of work. Ajain has 400 jobs for 350 working residents, 1.1 per worker.
2%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
400
jobs based in Ajain, 1.1 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 4% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A+
The median sale price of homes in Ajain is €1,003/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 36 sales of houses and apartments in Ajain from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,137/m² for the median of compared towns in Creuse.
€1,003/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ajain€1,003/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Creuse median€1,137/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,003/m²
36
€8.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.09 to €10.86/m² a month)
2.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.64/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,680
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Ajain’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 78% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Ajain’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, close to Creuse’s towns (97) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 574 residents of Ajain died, against 285 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 101% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw201
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Ajain · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Gueret
6.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Gueret
84.6 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Creuse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ajain keeps more of its old housing than Creuse or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Ajain sits above both Creuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ajain: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Ajain is Église de l'Assomption-de-la-Vierge.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ajain
Is Ajain safe?
Ajain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Ajain expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €8.77/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ajain grades A+ for cost of living.
About Ajain
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ajain is a commune of 1,019 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret. 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.
