Olonzac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 14 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,430/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Minervois au Caroux. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Olonzac 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Olonzac sees more deaths than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 106 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Olonzac above both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 324 residents of Olonzac died, against 258 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+6%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw125
Adjusted106
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Olonzac · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne
15.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Olonzac skews older, with 32% of residents 65 or over, more than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns
On this, Olonzac is above both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population.
52.5median age
OlonzacHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Money is tighter in Olonzac than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €21,460 a year per consumption unit
In the comparison, Olonzac comes below both Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970). 12.8% of the labour force are out of work. Olonzac has 700 jobs for 600 working residents, 1.2 per worker.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot9%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
700
jobs based in Olonzac, 1.2 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,460
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 77% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Olonzac keeps more of its old housing than Hérault or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Olonzac, that is above both Hérault’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Olonzac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Olonzac
Is Olonzac safe?
Olonzac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 13.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Olonzac good?
They grade D−, better than 0% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Olonzac expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Olonzac grades B for cost of living.
About Olonzac
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Olonzac is a commune of 1,693 people in the Communauté de communes du Minervois au Caroux. 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.
