The picture is mixed. Its lowest grade is for safety: an average of 10.8 recorded violent incidents and 28.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fewer journeys need a car (A+): 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 48% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €3,313/m², so 70 m² costs 8.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Toulouse Métropole. It is strong on health as well (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Put together, the subjects come to a C overall, ranking #79 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. On that grade it does better than 27% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
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 Toulouse 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 Toulouse.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Toulouse gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 47.7% of commuters
Jobs located in Toulouse: 358,750, for 238,950 residents in work (1.5 each). The jobless rate is 14.3%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,500 a year per consumption unit, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (€27,620) and compared French towns (€25,970).
48%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving46%
Public transport28%
Bicycle12%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter2%
358,750
jobs based in Toulouse, 1.5 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,500
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Toulouse runs higher than in 95% of compared French towns
The 2025 count: 19,027 offenses in Toulouse. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
10.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage5,897
Theft from vehicles4,278
Other physical violence2,551
Burglary2,037
Family violence1,915
Sexual violence1,173
Vehicle theft1,069
Armed robbery107
Theft without violence10,556
Fraud4,357
Drug use4,004
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.
10.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
28.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19,027
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
A young town: 22% of people in Toulouse are 15 to 24, more than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns
Retirement age and beyond: 13% of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 14%, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 55% of adults.
31.8median age
ToulouseHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP12%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education55%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living D
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Toulouse than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.98/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,313/m², comes from 21,727 sales of houses and apartments in Toulouse from July 2023 to June 2026. Apartments in Toulouse sell for €3,250/m², houses for €3,727/m². Houses accounted for 15% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€3,313/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Toulouse€3,313/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,727/m²
3,229
Apartments
€3,250/m²
18,498
€13.98/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.17 to €17.51/m² a month)
8.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Toulouse Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Toulouse’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 74% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Toulouse’s deaths ran at 79 per 100 expected, about level with Haute-Garonne’s towns (80) and below compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 29,090 residents of Toulouse died, against 33,436 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. Also worth knowing: in Haute-Garonne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. For a family doctor, residents of Toulouse can choose among 559 GPs.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
559
GPs in Toulouse · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Joseph Ducuing
0.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Rive Gauche
86.4 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A secteur sauvegardé since 1986, and 233 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Since 1986, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. Toulouse has 4.5 protected monuments for every 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments in the town is Village néolithique.
Blaise Matuidi: Илья Хохлов, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carlos Gardel: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Jean Dausset: Agip, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Philippe Mexès: Stanislav Vedmid, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gaël Clichy: Stuart Grout from Manchester, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Léon Marchand: Tanis Coralee Leonhardi, CC BY-SA 4.0
Toulouse’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Toulouse
Is Toulouse safe?
It grades D for safety, #82 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 2,037 burglaries and 5,897 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Toulouse good?
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #35 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. 98% of 282 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Pierre de Fermat 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.
Is Toulouse expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,313/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Toulouse grades D for cost of living.
About Toulouse
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Toulouse is a commune of 514,819 people in the Toulouse Métropole. 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.
