Walkability is its strong suit: 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its lowest grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side (C−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,110/m² costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Thelloise.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Balagny-sur-Thérain has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Balagny-sur-Thérain 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 Balagny-sur-Thérain.
HealthHealth C−
Balagny-sur-Thérain’s grade for health: a C−
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Balagny-sur-Thérain have one GP on hand. The nearest emergency department to Balagny-sur-Thérain is Ch Ghpso Creil, 6.5 mi away. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Balagny-sur-Thérain records 103 deaths per 100 expected. 101 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 98: 3% above.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Balagny-sur-Thérain · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Ghpso Creil
10.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Novo site Beaumont Ex Carnelle Porte de L Oise
84.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Balagny-sur-Thérain has fewer young adults than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 8.2% are 15 to 24
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below both Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 20% of adults. Also worth knowing: the age that splits Balagny-sur-Thérain in two is 40.3.
40.3median age
Balagny-sur-ThérainOise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
17%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Balagny-sur-Thérain than in Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 8.5%
Unemployment stood at 9.0%, below Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 3.2% of Balagny-sur-Thérain’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport6%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Balagny-sur-Thérain, 0.2 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Balagny-sur-Thérain keeps more of its old housing than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Balagny-sur-Thérain has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Balagny-sur-Thérain’s grade for cost of living: a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,110/m², comes from 60 sales of houses and apartments in Balagny-sur-Thérain from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €11.24/m² a month.
€2,110/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Balagny-sur-Thérain€2,110/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Oise median€2,311/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,110/m²
58
€13.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.04 to €15.56/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,960
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Thelloise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Balagny-sur-Thérain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes in Balagny-sur-Thérain. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 9.5 cases of violence against people and 8.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 25 offenses locally.
9.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence13
Vehicle theft12
Armed robbery0
Fraud7
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.
9.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
31.8%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 31.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Balagny-sur-Thérain
Are schools in Balagny-sur-Thérain good?
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Balagny-sur-Thérain expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,110/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.11/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Balagny-sur-Thérain grades B− for cost of living.
About Balagny-sur-Thérain
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Balagny-sur-Thérain is a commune of 1,628 people in the Communauté de communes Thelloise. 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.
