Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Work and incomes lag (D): 1 job per working resident; 18.5% unemployment. Auxi-le-Château ranks #37 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais, with a C+ overall. It comes out better than 39% of compared French towns. On cost of living it is strong — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A): just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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.
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 Auxi-le-Château 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.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Matthieu Debailleul · CC BY 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auxi-le-Château.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Auxi-le-Château has higher unemployment than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 18.5%
17%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 17.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €20,430 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot13%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
800
jobs based in Auxi-le-Château, 1 per working resident
18.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 85% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
A home in Auxi-le-Château sells for €979/m², less than in both Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns
€979/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes du Ternois. Auxi-le-Château is the second cheapest of the 131 towns in Pas-de-Calais, at €979/m². The estimated advertised rent is €9.45/m² a month, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Auxi-le-Château€979/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€1,668/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€979/m²
79
€9.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.87 to €11.35/m² a month)
3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,180
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Ternois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Auxi-le-Château sees more crime per resident than 78% of compared French towns
15.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
The commonest graded crime in Auxi-le-Château was family violence (2025). Violence against people ran at 15.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13.3 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie figures for Auxi-le-Château show 61 offenses in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence25
Criminal damage22
Burglary8
Other physical violence6
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence12
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.
15.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
61
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.2%
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 · Small counts of sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 7.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Auxi-le-Château skews older, with 31% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns
50.3median age
The share of residents under 15 is 15%. Degrees are held by 12% of adults, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population.
Auxi-le-ChâteauPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma35%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education12%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, Auxi-le-Château sees 95 deaths per 100 expected, against 115 in Pas-de-Calais’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 441 residents of Auxi-le-Château died, against 375 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more. The nearest emergency department to Auxi-le-Château is Ch Doullens, 11.8 mi away. The town has 6 family doctors. Life expectancy in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Auxi-le-Château · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Doullens
15.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Abbeville
83.5 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pas-de-Calais, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
1 historic monument and a protected historic area since 2020
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 2020, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Auxi-le-Château is Église Saint-Martin. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (4.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Auxi-le-Château is a commune of 2,547 people in the Communauté de communes du Ternois. 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
2,547 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Ternois
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
10.6 sq mi (27.4 km²)
INSEE code
62060
Auxi-le-Château’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
