Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
3,535 people live in this town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Bains-sur-Oust’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income. Homes go for a median €1,800/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Bains-sur-Oust has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Bains-sur-Oust does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bains-sur-Oust 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.
Bains-sur-Oust has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bains-sur-Oust as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Jean-d'Apileur, in Sainte-Marie, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bains-sur-Oust.
Jobs located in Bains-sur-Oust: 950, for 1,500 residents in work (0.6 each). At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Bains-sur-Oust didn’t travel to work at all. Of those in the labour force, 8.4% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 119 homes in Bains-sur-Oust.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,800/m² | 119 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. Children under 15 make up 17%, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (18%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 31% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Bains-sur-Oust | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 311 deaths in Bains-sur-Oust from 2016 to 2025; there were 284, 9% fewer. In Ille-et-Vilaine, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. For a family doctor, residents of Bains-sur-Oust have one GP on hand.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
Over 2025, Bains-sur-Oust logged 19 recorded offenses. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.4 violent offenses and 6.8 graded property crimes a year. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 37.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Bains-sur-Oust is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bains-sur-Oust 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bains-sur-Oust | 3,535 | — | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Redon | 9,542 | 3.2 | C | C+ | D | B− |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon Loire-Atlantique | 3,311 | 4.5 | C | B− | C+ | D |
| La Gacilly Morbihan | 3,995 | 4.8 | A | B+ | A− | B− |
| Allaire Morbihan | 3,955 | 6.1 | A− | B | A | D |
| Rieux Morbihan | 2,856 | 6.7 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Carentoir Morbihan | 3,232 | 8.2 | A− | A | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bains-sur-Oust has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bains-sur-Oust grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Bains-sur-Oust is a commune of 3,535 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon 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 November 9, 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.