Cavaillon grades D overall: better than 11% of compared French towns, and #32 of 38 in Vaucluse. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 1.5 jobs per working resident; 15.5% unemployment. At the median price of €2,348/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Luberon Monts de Vaucluse. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 89% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% 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 Cavaillon 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Pont aqueduc de la Canaù, ouvrage d'art du canal Saint-Julien sur la rivière le Coulon, situé au quartier Ent… · Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cavaillon’s story
Cavaillon in pictures
Cavaillon has 14 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 9 classé, the highest protection, and 5 inscrit, the second level.
That’s 5.5 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 72% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from the 1st century, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2022.
1840First protected: Ancienne cathédrale, puis église paroissiale Saint-Véran
2011Most recently protected: Pont aqueduc de la Canaù, ouvrage d'art du canal Saint-Juli…
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cavaillon.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Cavaillon has higher unemployment than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 15.5%
Households’ median disposable income: €20,640 a year per consumption unit. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 13.9% of commuters travelled at the census.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot7%
Bicycle3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
14,300
jobs based in Cavaillon, 1.5 per working resident
15.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Cavaillon sees more deaths than 78% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (140 places) count their residents as Cavaillon’s; allowing for them, deaths were 1% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,578 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,689, 4% more. Women in Vaucluse live to 85.7 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Cavaillon can choose among 27 GPs.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
27
GPs in Cavaillon · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi de Cavaillon Lauris
0.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi de Cavaillon Lauris
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
887 sales of houses and apartments in Cavaillon, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,348/m². In Cavaillon, houses go for €2,641/m² and apartments for €2,052/m². Houses are advertised at an estimated €11.87/m² a month.
€2,348/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cavaillon€2,348/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,641/m²
421
Apartments
€2,052/m²
466
€11.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.70 to €14.81/m² a month)
6.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.87/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,330
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Luberon Monts de Vaucluse
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
More crime per resident in Cavaillon than in 67% of compared French towns
Cavaillon’s tally for 2025: 651 recorded offenses. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 10 violent offenses and 15.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Jobs outnumber working residents in Cavaillon (14,300 to 9,650): it draws people in from around. Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
10recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage215
Other physical violence137
Family violence90
Burglary87
Theft from vehicles57
Sexual violence44
Vehicle theft21
Drug use256
Theft without violence182
Fraud171
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.
10
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
651
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Schools
81.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 3.3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #15 of 36 in Vaucluse. At the lycées within 5 km of Cavaillon, 91.6% passed the bac, in line with Vaucluse’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
95%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Cavaillon than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: 22% of adults
18% are under 15, in line with Vaucluse’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Cavaillon is 44.2 years old. Retirement age and beyond: 24% of residents are 65 or older.
44.2median age
CavaillonVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma34%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Jordan Ferri: MHSC TV - Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, CC BY 3.0 · Sylvain André: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0 · César de Bus: School of French School, Public domain · Romain Rocchi: Werner100359, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Florent Barle: Jan Jacob Mekes, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-Charles Monnier: Charles-Étienne Gaucher / After Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, Public domain
Cavaillon’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 Cavaillon
Is Cavaillon safe?
It grades C for safety, #31 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 87 burglaries and 215 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cavaillon good?
They grade C+, better than 35% of compared French towns and #15 of 36 in Vaucluse. The lycée stands out: 95% of 375 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Ismaël Dauphin in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cavaillon expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,348/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.99/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Cavaillon grades C for cost of living.
About Cavaillon
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cavaillon is a commune of 25,636 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Luberon Monts de Vaucluse. 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
25,636 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Luberon Monts de Vaucluse
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.
