Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
5,436 people call this town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie home.
Police record more crime here than in most towns (D): an average of 11.3 recorded violent incidents and 25.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At C overall, Roques ranks #76 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. Set against the rest, it does better than just over a third of compared French towns. Cost of living is weaker too (C) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Roques 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 Roques as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pavillon dit Louis XVI, in Cugnaux, 2.6 mi away.
3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roques.
In all, 258 offenses reached the police record in Roques in 2025. The graded crime recorded most 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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
20% are under 15, close to Haute-Garonne’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are 12% of the population. Graduates make up just over two in five adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Roques | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Roques sell for €2,739/m² and apartments for €2,635/m². The estimated advertised rent is €12.73/m² a month, close to both Haute-Garonne’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market here: 169 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,739/m² | 113 |
| Apartments | €2,635/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Roques’ deaths ran at 83 per 100 expected, near Haute-Garonne’s towns (80) and lower than compared French towns (88). 283 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 341: 17% below. Average lifespans in Haute-Garonne: 86.4 years for women, 82.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. This Haute-Garonne town has 7 family doctors.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Jobs based in Roques number 2,750, against 2,550 residents in work (1.1 per worker). Unemployment stood at 10.4%, higher than Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Roques didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Roques, 97.3% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #39 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacqueline AuriolNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 169 | 90%−1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique Henri MatisseNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 419 | 96%−1 pt |
| Collège Jules VallèsBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 149 | 91%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Roques. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Berthier2.7 km east, in PinsaguelChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lacroix-Falgarde3.9 km east, in Lacroix-FalgardeChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Creuse4.6 km east, in Portet-sur-GaronneChâteauChâteauChâteau des Demoiselles4.7 km northwest, in FrouzinsMuseumMuseumLe Majorat2.6 km northwest, in Villeneuve-TolosaneArt galleryArt galleryAtelier Vie d'Artiste3.9 km east, in Lacroix-FalgardePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Roques is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Roques.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roques | 5,436 | — | C | C | D | B |
| Roquettes | 4,280 | 1.1 | A− | C+ | A | A− |
| Villeneuve-Tolosane | 11,044 | 1.5 | C | C | C+ | B+ |
| Pinsaguel | 2,786 | 1.7 | A | C | B+ | A− |
| Frouzins | 9,805 | 2.2 | B | C | B | A |
| Pins-Justaret | 4,378 | 2.4 | B+ | C | B | B+ |
| Portet-sur-Garonne | 9,782 | 2.5 | C | C | D− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #80 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 70 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 55% of compared French towns and #39 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. 96% of 419 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Henri Matisse 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 Roques grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Roques is a commune of 5,436 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo. 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.