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Just 12% of residents are 65 or older. Population 5,455: a town in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Ollainville’s best grade is for jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment. At B overall, Ollainville ranks #21 of 91 in Essonne. That leaves it better than 58% of compared French towns. The trade-off is cost of living (D) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety and C+ for schools.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Ollainville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ollainville 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 Ollainville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Didier, in Bruyères-le-Châtel, 1.7 mi away.
3.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Ollainville. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ollainville.
Aged 15 to 24: 13% of residents. People 65 and over make up just over a tenth of the town, below Essonne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by 39% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Ollainville | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,185/m², comes from 139 sales of houses and apartments in Ollainville from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €13.58/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 139 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,185/m² | 119 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €29,720 a year per consumption unit. 18.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Essonne’s towns (25.8%) but above compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ollainville has one family doctor. Adjusted mortality in the town: 81 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 233 residents of Ollainville died, against 288 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. Women in Essonne live to 86.4 on average and men to 82.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Ollainville, 94.2% passed the bac, above Essonne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Schools rank #21 of 94 in Essonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La Fontaine aux BergersNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 141 | 78%−10 pts |
| Lycée Edmond MicheletNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 361 | 97%+3 pts |
| Lycée René CassinBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 450 | 98%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for Ollainville show 107 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 16.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.2 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage 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 other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 5.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Ollainville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Ollainville as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollainville | 5,455 | — | B | D | B− | B+ |
| Arpajon | 11,698 | 1.1 | C− | D | C− | B+ |
| Égly | 7,166 | 1.1 | C+ | D | B | A− |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon | 11,623 | 1.6 | C− | D | B− | C+ |
| La Norville | 4,268 | 1.7 | B− | D | C | A |
| Bruyères-le-Châtel | 3,788 | 1.7 | A | D | A− | A+ |
| Leuville-sur-Orge | 4,271 | 2.2 | B− | D | A− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #31 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #21 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 97% of 361 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Edmond Michelet in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,185/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ollainville grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Ollainville is a commune of 5,455 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Essonne Agglomération. 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.