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15- to 24-year-olds are 28% of the population. This town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie has a population of 4,392.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Safety lags: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 40.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Work and incomes are strong: 8.2 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €3,374/m² takes 7.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Sicoval. Overall, that makes a B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #59 of 85 in Haute-Garonne.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 3 things Labège does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Labège 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 →
Labège has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest date from the 18th century.
2.5% 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 Labège. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Labège.
Labège ranks last of the 85 compared towns in Haute-Garonne on the Safety Grade. Police and gendarmerie figures for Labège show 179 offenses in 2025. It has 15,450 jobs for 1,900 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The commonest graded crime locally was theft from vehicles (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, 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, 1.8% 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.
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €29,550 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 13.7% of working residents in Labège to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17% of residents are 65 or over, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children are 13% of the town. Degrees are held by 54% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Labège | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 28% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 54% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Labège is 98.0%, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #19 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. The town’s pupils have a collège 1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 99%+3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Pierre Paul RiquetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 470 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.42/m² a month, higher than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 67 homes in Labège. Houses were 75% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,562/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 18th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 2.5%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Labège can choose among 8 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Garonne is 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 406 residents of Labège died, against 348 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Labège has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Labège 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labège | 4,392 | — | B− | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Saint-Orens-de-Gameville | 14,646 | 1.4 | B+ | C− | B− | B+ |
| Escalquens | 6,924 | 1.4 | A | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Castanet-Tolosan | 15,317 | 1.9 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Auzeville-Tolosane | 4,665 | 2.4 | A | C | A | A− |
| Ramonville-Saint-Agne | 15,158 | 3 | B | C+ | C− | A |
| Quint-Fonsegrives | 6,133 | 3.5 | A | D | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns and #19 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Labège grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Labège is a commune of 4,392 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Sicoval. 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.