The data are hard on it. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 14 recorded violent incidents and 19.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. A 70 m² home at the median €2,105/m² costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA). Its best grade is for walkability: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, ranking #25 of 38 in Vaucluse. Set against the rest, it does better than 16% of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 1.4 jobs per working resident; 16.8% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools and B− for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Le Pontet 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 Le Pontet.
Safety
Crime per resident in Le Pontet runs higher than in 89% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 581 offenses in Le Pontet. On the Safety Grade, Le Pontet ranks 36th of the 38 compared towns in Vaucluse. The town has 9,150 jobs for 6,500 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
14recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage198
Other physical violence127
Theft from vehicles78
Family violence67
Sexual violence47
Burglary39
Vehicle theft25
Theft without violence222
Drug use151
Fraud107
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.
14
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
581
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 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.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Le Pontet, 16.8%, runs above Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
Median disposable income comes to €21,780 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 12.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than Vaucluse’s towns (8.0%) yet lower than compared French towns (13.4%).
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport5%
On foot4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
9,150
jobs based in Le Pontet, 1.4 per working resident
16.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,780
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 84% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Le Pontet gets a C for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Le Pontet sell for €2,312/m² and apartments for €1,726/m². The median price, €2,105/m², comes from 590 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 49% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,105/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Pontet€2,105/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,312/m²
290
Apartments
€1,726/m²
300
€12.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.50 to €15.71/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Vaucluse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Le Pontet is Domaine de Roberty. The protected list starts in the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Le Pontet: 13% are 15 to 24, above Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
21% of residents are 65 or over, below both Vaucluse’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Le Pontet is 41. The under-15s are 18% of the population here.
41median age
Le PontetVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
83.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the 14 collèges within 5 km, 2.1 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #10 of 36 in Vaucluse. Near Le Pontet, 92.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to both Vaucluse’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the five general lycées, 96% of 1,431 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Le Pontet run higher than in 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Le Pontet can choose among 25 GPs. Its two care homes for older people (155 places) count their residents as Le Pontet’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,571 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,524, 3% fewer. Average lifespans in Vaucluse: 85.7 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
25
GPs in Le Pontet · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut
1.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Urbain V
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Château de Fargues: Photo: Jean-Marc Rosier http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Domaine de Roberty: Photo: photographe en 1929 · Public domain
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Pontet
Is Le Pontet safe?
It grades D for safety, #36 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 39 burglaries and 198 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Pontet good?
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns and #10 of 36 in Vaucluse. 90% of 359 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent René Char in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Pontet expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,105/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.22/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Pontet grades C for cost of living.
About Le Pontet
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Le Pontet is a commune of 18,386 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA). 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
18,386 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA)
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.
