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Home to 4,904 people, this town lies in Essonne, Île-de-France.
The picture is mixed. Where it does best is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Ballainvilliers ranks #29 of 91 in Essonne, with a B− overall. It comes out better than 51% of compared French towns. Jobs & income is a strength too (A+): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 6.5% unemployment. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Ballainvilliers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ballainvilliers 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Ballainvilliers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Longjumeau, 1.5 mi away.
3.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Ballainvilliers. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Chilly-Mazarin3.8 km northeast, in Chilly-MazarinChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montlhéry4.3 km south, in MontlhéryChâteauChâteauDomaine de Sillery3.1 km northeast, in Épinay-sur-OrgeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bel Abord4.2 km northeast, in Chilly-MazarinChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois4.7 km southeast, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-BoisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ballainvilliers.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 399 deaths in Ballainvilliers from 2016 to 2025; there were 294, 26% fewer. Life expectancy in Essonne: 86.4 years for women and 82.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 2 general practitioners locally.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €3,750/m² in Ballainvilliers, apartments for €3,232/m². The estimated advertised rent is €18.22/m² a month, close to Essonne’s towns (€17.41/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Also worth knowing: 141 houses and apartments changed hands locally from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,750/m² | 77 |
| Apartments | €3,232/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16.0% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 6.5%, lower than both Essonne’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 145 offenses in Ballainvilliers in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 9 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 20.4. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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, 3.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Under 15: 21% of residents. 16% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Essonne’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 13% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Ballainvilliers | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.6% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #36 of 94 in Essonne. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.4 mi away. At the lycées within 5 km of Ballainvilliers, 92.1% passed the bac, near both Essonne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pablo PicassoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 187 | 85%−3 pts |
| Lycée Jacques PrévertNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 288 | 95%−1 pt |
| Collège Jean MermozBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 67 | 72%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Ballainvilliers 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 Ballainvilliers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballainvilliers | 4,904 | — | B− | D | C− | A+ |
| Villiers-sur-Orge | 4,545 | 1.1 | B− | D | C+ | A+ |
| La Ville-du-Bois | 8,161 | 1.3 | C | D | C− | B+ |
| Longjumeau | 21,996 | 1.3 | C+ | C− | C | A− |
| Saulx-les-Chartreux | 6,733 | 1.4 | C+ | D | C+ | A− |
| Épinay-sur-Orge | 10,722 | 1.5 | C+ | D | C | A− |
| Longpont-sur-Orge | 6,482 | 1.9 | C | D | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #76 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 59 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 30% of compared French towns and #36 of 94 in Essonne. 95% of 288 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jacques Prévert in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ballainvilliers grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Ballainvilliers is a commune of 4,904 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Communauté Paris-Saclay. 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 October 30, 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.