A town with more to fix than most. Its weakest is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Vaujours’s overall D puts it #10 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. That leaves it better than just over a tenth of compared French towns. It lags on safety as well: an average of 12.1 recorded violent incidents and 20 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 36% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Vaujours 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 Vaujours.
Who lives here
Children make up 24% of Vaujours, above Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns and compared French towns
Just over one in ten residents are 65 or over, below both Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (13%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents. Residents of Vaujours have a median age of 33.9.
33.9median age
VaujoursSeine-Saint-Denis medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Saint-Denis 51.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Saint-Denis median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
In Vaujours, 36.1% of commuters go on foot, by bike or by public transport, against 58.4% in Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns and 13.4% in compared French towns
Per resident in work, Vaujours counts 0.6 jobs (2,050 jobs, 3,550 workers). The jobless rate is 8.6%. The median disposable income was €25,270 a year per consumption unit, above Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (€21,820) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
36%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving61%
Public transport32%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
2,050
jobs based in Vaujours, 0.6 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 96% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Renting in Vaujours costs an estimated advertised €17.96/m² a month, against €19.44/m² in Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €3,139/m², lower than Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (€3,477/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house in Vaujours goes for €3,333/m², an apartment for €3,051/m². Houses accounted for 44% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€3,139/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vaujours€3,139/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Saint-Denis median€3,477/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,333/m²
104
Apartments
€3,051/m²
130
€17.96/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.16 to €21.28/m² a month)
7.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€16.49/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,050
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole du Grand Paris
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Vaujours records more crime per resident than 86% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Vaujours came to 256 in 2025. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
12.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage82
Family violence51
Vehicle theft40
Other physical violence34
Burglary27
Theft from vehicles22
Theft without violence50
Fraud46
Drug use5
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.
12.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
256
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.1%
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 · When sexual violence and armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (3.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
79.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the 28 collèges within 5 km, 0.5 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Vaujours is 87.9%, about level with Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (89.0%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 81% passed the bac pro, of 886 candidates at 8 lycées. Its collèges and lycées rank #28 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis on results.
90%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Vaujours has 1 historic monument, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Vaujours; none is classé, France’s top protection. 4.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Vaujours run higher than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Seine-Saint-Denis can expect 85.7 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Its care home for older people (83 places) counts its residents as Vaujours’; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 533 residents of Vaujours died, against 479 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Vaujours · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive du Vert Galant
2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Robert Ballanger
85.7 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-Saint-Denis, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vaujours
Is Vaujours safe?
It grades D for safety, #20 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 82 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vaujours good?
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns and #28 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. 96% of 175 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé Fénelon in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vaujours expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Vaujours grades D for cost of living.
About Vaujours
Commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France
Vaujours is a commune of 8,007 people in the Métropole du Grand Paris. 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.
