Where it does best is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C): 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median price paid is €1,287/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Rives-d'Autise has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Rives-d'Autise 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 Rives-d'Autise.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Rives-d'Autise than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.09/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 97% of what sold. House rents are put at about €8.34/m² a month. The market in Rives-d'Autise: 61 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,287/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rives-d'Autise€1,287/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,343/m²
59
€8.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.42 to €10.20/m² a month)
3.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,150
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vendée, Sèvre, Autise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Fewer commuters in Rives-d'Autise walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4%
The jobless rate is 7.1%. Jobs located in Rives-d'Autise: 450, for 900 residents in work (0.5 each). At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Rives-d'Autise didn’t travel to work at all.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
450
jobs based in Rives-d'Autise, 0.5 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 29% 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, Rives-d'Autise sees more deaths than 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 238 deaths in Rives-d'Autise from 2016 to 2025; there were 296, 24% more. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Rives-d'Autise records 96 deaths per 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Rives-d'Autise is Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee, 8.1 mi away. In Vendée, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Rives-d'Autise · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
8.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Rives-d'Autise: 27% were built before 1919, more than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Rives-d'Autise counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2004. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments here is Abbaye (ancienne).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Among adults, 25% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Vendée’s towns (16%). Line up the people of Rives-d'Autise by age and the one in the middle is 45.
45median age
Rives-d'AutiseVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rives-d'Autise
Is Rives-d'Autise safe?
Rives-d'Autise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Rives-d'Autise expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rives-d'Autise grades A+ for cost of living.
About Rives-d'Autise
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Rives-d'Autise is a commune of 2,036 people in the Communauté de communes Vendée, Sèvre, Autise. 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.
