Apt grades D overall: better than 14% of compared French towns, and #28 of 38 in Vaucluse. At the median price of €2,167/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Apt-Luberon. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Apt 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 Apt.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Apt than in Vaucluse or compared French towns: 16 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Apt is above both Vaucluse’s towns (5.3) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 16 historic monuments in Apt: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 11 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Apt is Chapelle Saint-Michel (ancienne).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Crime per resident in Apt runs higher than in 80% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 316 offenses in the graded categories in Apt in 2025. Violence against people ran at 12.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 17.1 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, 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, 0.3% of the index here.
12.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence75
Family violence73
Criminal damage73
Burglary30
Sexual violence28
Theft from vehicles19
Vehicle theft18
Drug use404
Theft without violence100
Fraud64
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.
12.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
316
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Apt are out of work than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: 18.1%
In the comparison, Apt comes above both Vaucluse’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €21,060 a year per consumption unit.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot11%
Bicycle3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
5,950
jobs based in Apt, 1.8 per working resident
18.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 79% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 30% of people in Apt are 65 or over, more than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns
For Apt, that is above both Vaucluse’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 15% of the town.
49.6median age
AptVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C
Apt gets a C for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,167/m², comes from 319 sales of houses and apartments in Apt from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Apt sell for €2,759/m² and apartments for €1,417/m².
€2,167/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Apt€2,167/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,759/m²
185
Apartments
€1,417/m²
134
€11.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.36 to €14.61/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays d'Apt-Luberon
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Apt’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 57% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,504 residents of Apt died, against 1,419 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. Its three care homes for older people (240 places) count their residents as Apt’s; allowing for them, deaths were 10% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Apt · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Avignon Antenne Smur site Ch D Apt
13.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi site de Pertuis
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Michaël Guigou: Steindy 17:46, 17 March 2010 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Romain Philippoteaux: DDectateur, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jacques Bernard d'Anselme: Unknown XIXe s, Public domain · Émile Laure: Anonymous Unknown author (Keystone-France), Public domain · Benjamin Garcia: Gerard Barrau, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-Joseph Rive: George Robert Lewis (1782-1871), after an anonymous miniature portrait of Jean-Joseph Rive, Public domain
Apt’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Apt
Is Apt safe?
It grades C− for safety, #34 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 73 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Apt good?
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns and #13 of 36 in Vaucluse. 93% of 162 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charles de Gaulle in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Apt expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,167/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.69/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Apt grades C for cost of living.
About Apt
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Apt is a commune of 10,143 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Apt-Luberon. 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.
