Auray grades C+ overall: better than 37% of compared French towns, and #44 of 54 in Morbihan. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 9.2 recorded violent incidents and 24.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €3,596/m², a 70 m² home costs 9.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique. Its strongest is walkability (A): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Auray 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 Auray.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Auray than in Morbihan or compared French towns: 16 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Auray is above both Morbihan’s towns (6.7) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1998. The Culture ministry lists 23 historic monuments in Auray: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 20 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
On foot, Auray works better than 91% of compared French towns
19.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Morbihan’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 12.6%. Auray has 8,400 jobs for 5,500 working residents, 1.5 per worker.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot9%
Public transport7%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
8,400
jobs based in Auray, 1.5 per working resident
12.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,680
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 91% 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 Auray runs higher than in 89% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 398 offenses in the graded categories in Auray in 2025. Auray comes 52nd of the 54 compared towns in Morbihan on the Safety Grade. For 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, 0.2% of the index here.
9.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage128
Theft from vehicles73
Burglary48
Vehicle theft47
Family violence36
Other physical violence34
Sexual violence32
Theft without violence132
Fraud82
Drug use52
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.
9.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
398
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Auray than in Morbihan’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.81/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Auray comes above both Morbihan’s towns (€12.68/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,596/m², comes from 631 sales of houses and apartments in Auray from July 2023 to June 2026.
€3,596/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Auray€3,596/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Morbihan median€2,715/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,540/m²
246
Apartments
€3,657/m²
385
€13.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.07 to €17.23/m² a month)
9.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 13% of Auray, fewer than in Morbihan’s towns and compared French towns
For Auray, that is below both Morbihan’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 30% of residents.
50.1median age
AurayMorbihan medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Morbihan median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Auray’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 57% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 2,031 residents of Auray died, against 1,942 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. Its four care homes for older people (345 places) count their residents as Auray’s; allowing for them, deaths were 10% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
31
GPs in Auray · 6.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chba site D Auray
10 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Oceane
85.4 · 79.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Morbihan, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Jeanne de Laval: Louis Boudan, Public domain · Caroline Drouin: Galvanoplastie rédhibitoire, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-Paul Guhel: Mcarolinelignot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Philippe Gildas: Maryse_et_Philippe_Gildas_Paris_2010.jpg : Siren-Com derivative work: Champeillant, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arthur de Salins: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Thibault Tricole: Dartiste56, CC BY-SA 4.0
Auray’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 Auray
Is Auray safe?
It grades D for safety, #52 of 54 in Morbihan. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 48 burglaries and 128 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Auray good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #22 of 62 in Morbihan. The lycée stands out: 99% of 353 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Benjamin Franklin in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Auray expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,596/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €3,540/m² (246 sales), apartments €3,657/m² (385 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Auray grades D for cost of living.
About Auray
Commune in Morbihan, Brittany
Auray is a commune of 14,207 people in the Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique. 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
Population
14,207 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
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.
