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It is a town of 1,174 residents in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are its weak spot (D−) — brevet results 16 points below the expected rate. Work and incomes lag: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 12.6% unemployment. Health is weaker too (C−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Aubin-en-Bray 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.
The 2 things Saint-Aubin-en-Bray does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Aubin-en-Bray 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.
Saint-Aubin-en-Bray has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Aubin-en-Bray as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Denis, in Hodenc-en-Bray, 2.4 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Aubin-en-Bray.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les FontainettesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 123 | 68%−16 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
15% of residents are 65 or over, below Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 13% of the population. At 39.2, the median resident of Saint-Aubin-en-Bray sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Aubin-en-Bray | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Aubin-en-Bray is Ch Beauvais, 8 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, close to Oise’s towns (97) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 67 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 67, 1% fewer. In Oise, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Half of residents lived on more than €24,480 a year per consumption unit, below both Oise’s towns (€25,745) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 12.6%. At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Saint-Aubin-en-Bray went to work by public transport.
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.
The median sale price was €1,773/m², below both Oise’s towns (€2,311/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 32 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Aubin-en-Bray from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,773/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, family days out and heritage in and near Saint-Aubin-en-Bray. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Aubin-en-Bray 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 Saint-Aubin-en-Bray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aubin-en-Bray | 1,174 | — | — | B | — | C− |
| Auneuil | 2,898 | 6.1 | C+ | C | B | A− |
| Sérifontaine | 2,784 | 7.8 | C− | B− | B | D− |
| Beauvais | 55,550 | 8.6 | D | C | D | C− |
| Gournay-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 5,723 | 8.6 | C− | A− | D | B− |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin | 3,338 | 11 | C+ | C | B− | B |
| Gisors Eure | 12,410 | 12 | D | C− | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Aubin-en-Bray has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 0% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Aubin-en-Bray grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Aubin-en-Bray is a commune of 1,174 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Bray. 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 4, 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.