Labastide-Rouairoux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 1 job per working resident; 20.3% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Labastide-Rouairoux 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Dolmen du Plo de Laganthe · Classé · Photo: Patoleon · CC BY-SA 4.0
Labastide-Rouairoux’s story
Labastide-Rouairoux in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Labastide-Rouairoux: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Labastide-Rouairoux before 1900, the earliest Alexandre-Victor Rouanet, in 1747.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Labastide-Rouairoux.
Who lives here
Labastide-Rouairoux skews older, with 40% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Tarn’s towns and compared French towns
14% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both Tarn’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). What’s more, the share aged 15 to 24 is 7.1%.
59.1median age
Labastide-RouairouxTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A
Buying in Labastide-Rouairoux costs less than in both Tarn’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €759/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.85/m² a month, below Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Sales in Labastide-Rouairoux from July 2023 to June 2026: 100 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €7.33/m² a month.
€759/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Labastide-Rouairoux€759/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€759/m²
100
€8.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.08 to €11.06/m² a month)
2.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,240
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Thoré Montagne Noire
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Labastide-Rouairoux, 20.3%, runs above Tarn’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €20,040 a year per consumption unit, below both Tarn’s towns (€24,045) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 400 residents in work, Labastide-Rouairoux has 400 jobs: 1 each. Bus, tram or train carried 2.3% of working residents in Labastide-Rouairoux to work at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot8%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
400
jobs based in Labastide-Rouairoux, 1 per working resident
20.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Labastide-Rouairoux is 19.9 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Labastide-Rouairoux come to 88 per 100 predicted. For a family doctor, residents of Labastide-Rouairoux can choose among 4 GPs. In Tarn, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.5 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 367 residents of Labastide-Rouairoux died, against 339 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Labastide-Rouairoux · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
19.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres
19.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres
86.5 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Labastide-Rouairoux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The graded crime recorded most in Labastide-Rouairoux was criminal damage (2025). Violence against people averaged 6.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 7.1. Recorded offenses in the town came to 11 in 2025.
6.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage6
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud6
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.
6.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
38.4%
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 family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 38.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Musée Départemental du Textile and 2 more in and around Labastide-Rouairoux
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Labastide-Rouairoux. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Labastide-Rouairoux
Is Labastide-Rouairoux safe?
Labastide-Rouairoux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Labastide-Rouairoux expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Labastide-Rouairoux grades A for cost of living.
About Labastide-Rouairoux
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Labastide-Rouairoux is a commune of 1,420 people in the Communauté de communes Thoré Montagne Noire. 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.
