Safety is its strong suit — an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also does well on jobs & income (A): 1 job per working resident; 6.4% unemployment. At €2,000/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Riom Limagne et Volcans. The trade-off is walkability (C+): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes an A+, good for #4 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. That leaves it better than 98% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and B for health.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Volvic 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 Volvic.
Safety
Volvic records less crime per resident than 98% of compared French towns
On the Safety Grade, Volvic ranks 2nd of the 38 compared towns in Puy-de-Dôme. In all, 50 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were family violence than anything else (2025).
3.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence16
Criminal damage13
Vehicle theft11
Burglary10
Fraud26
Theft without violence13
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.
3.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
50
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.6%
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, armed robbery 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, 11.6% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Volvic than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.78/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,000/m², comes from 130 sales of houses and apartments in Volvic from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€2,000/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Volvic€2,000/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,006/m²
128
€9.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.83 to €12.21/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,310
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Riom Limagne et Volcans
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Volvic has lower unemployment than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4%
Median disposable income comes to €27,840 a year per consumption unit. Volvic has 2,100 jobs for 2,150 working residents, 1 per worker. At the census, 6.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,100
jobs based in Volvic, 1 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 39% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than expected: Volvic is below 61% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (84 places) counts its residents as Volvic’s; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 452 residents of Volvic died, against 430 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. Life expectancy at birth in Puy-de-Dôme is 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 9 GPs practise here.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Volvic · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Riom
7.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Volvic: 19% were built before 1919, more than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Volvic is Église Saint-Priest. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments here: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population. 18% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%). Half the people of Volvic are older than 43.9.
43.9median age
VolvicPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Église Saint-Priest: Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château fort de Tournoël: Photo: Matthieu Perona · CC BY 3.0 · Château de Bosredon: Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison dite Ecole d'architecture: Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Volvic
Is Volvic safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Volvic good?
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns and #11 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Volvic expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,000/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Volvic grades A− for cost of living.
About Volvic
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Volvic is a commune of 4,883 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Riom Limagne et Volcans. 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
4,883 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Riom Limagne et Volcans
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.
