Venasque has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 57% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Venasque 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 Venasque.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Venasque sees fewer deaths than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 43 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 217 deaths in Venasque from 2016 to 2025; there were 170, 22% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Venasque is Centre hospitalier de Carpentras, 6.4 mi away. Average lifespans in Vaucluse: 85.7 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−57%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw78
Adjusted43
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Venasque · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
6.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer children live in Venasque than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 10% are under 15
Just over two in five residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 make up 5.3% of the town, below both Vaucluse’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 45% have a degree.
58.4median age
VenasqueVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
41%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education45%
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 77 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 D
Homes in Venasque cost more than in Vaucluse’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,561/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €11.35/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 94% were houses. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 51 homes in Venasque.
€3,561/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Venasque€3,561/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,759/m²
48
€12.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.74 to €15.24/m² a month)
10.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.35/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (COVE)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Venasque is better off than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €29,200 a year per consumption unit
9.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Vaucluse’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 6.8% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Jobs based in Venasque number 300, against 400 residents in work (0.7 per worker).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
300
jobs based in Venasque, 0.7 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 20% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Venasque: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Vaucluse’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 2 of 3. Among the classé monuments in Venasque is Enceinte romaine. The protected list starts in the 1st century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Venasque
Is Venasque safe?
Venasque has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.3 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Venasque expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.18/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Venasque grades D for cost of living.
About Venasque
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Venasque is a commune of 1,082 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (COVE). 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.
