A good place to live, if you can afford it. Rambouillet grades A− overall and ranks #22 of 91 in Yvelines. Nationally, it does better than 77% of compared French towns. Jobs & income is where it shines — 1.1 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Add health to its strengths — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns: bac results 2.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.9 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Rambouillet 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 Rambouillet.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
More commuters in Rambouillet walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: 48.5%
Households’ median disposable income: €31,530 a year per consumption unit. 4.6% of Rambouillet’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.7%, near Yvelines’ towns (8.7%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
48%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving46%
Public transport38%
On foot9%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
13,450
jobs based in Rambouillet, 1.1 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 96% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Rambouillet run below what its ages would predict: 72 per 100 expected, fewer than in both Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
23 GPs practise in Rambouillet. Women in Yvelines live to 86.8 on average and men to 82.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 2,172 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,639: 18% below.
−28%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted72
Median town88
Expected100
23
GPs in Rambouillet · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Rambouillet
0.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Rambouillet
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The estimated advertised rent in Rambouillet is €17.45/m² a month, against €18.40/m² in Yvelines’ towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
1,021 sales of houses and apartments in Rambouillet, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,806/m². Houses accounted for 36% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€3,806/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rambouillet€3,806/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yvelines median€3,717/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,788/m²
367
Apartments
€3,825/m²
654
€17.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.71 to €20.70/m² a month)
8.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€33,050
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Rambouillet Territoires
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
15 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1996
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Relative to its size, Rambouillet keeps 5.4 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Since 1996, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century. Among the classé monuments locally is Domaine de Rambouillet.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
Brevet results near Rambouillet run high: 89.4% passed, above Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 71% of 93 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. By results, schools here place #40 of 94 in Yvelines. At the two general lycées, 97% of 872 candidates passed the bac, 0.8 points below the expected rate.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Rambouillet is lower than in 66% of compared French towns
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.4 violent offenses and 10.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. All told, Rambouillet had 457 recorded offenses in 2025. Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
7.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage135
Family violence71
Other physical violence67
Burglary67
Sexual violence52
Theft from vehicles52
Vehicle theft13
Drug use308
Fraud196
Theft without violence190
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.
7.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
457
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.
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Children under 15 make up 17%, lower than Yvelines’ towns (20%) and near compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population. Among adults, 50% have a degree.
42.6median age
RambouilletYvelines medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP16%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education50%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Anciennes écuries du Comte de Toulouse dites aussi Caserne des Gardes: Photo: Jules78120 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pavillon du Roi de Rome dit Palais du Roi de Rome: Photo: Spedona · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jérémie Aliadière: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nicole Avril: Studio Harcourt., Public domain · David Marsais: YanRB, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Patrice Delaveau: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tim Dup: Librairie Mollat, CC BY 4.0 · Gustave Besnard: Anonyme (collection Félix Potin), Public domain
Rambouillet’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 Rambouillet
Is Rambouillet safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #32 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 67 burglaries and 135 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Rambouillet good?
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #40 of 94 in Yvelines. 100% of 171 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Sainte-Thérèse in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rambouillet expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,806/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €3,788/m² (367 sales), apartments €3,825/m² (654 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rambouillet grades C− for cost of living.
About Rambouillet
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Rambouillet is a commune of 27,724 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rambouillet Territoires. 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.
