Households here earn well: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment. Overall, Versailles earns an A−: better than 84% of compared French towns, and #11 of 91 in Yvelines. It is strong on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The catch is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B for schools.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Versailles 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 Versailles.
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Versailles is better off than Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €38,530 a year per consumption unit
Of those in the labour force, 8.1% are unemployed. At the census, 60.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Yvelines’ towns (35.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
60%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport43%
Driving33%
On foot11%
Bicycle6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
50,700
jobs based in Versailles, 1.3 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€38,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
Renting in Versailles costs more than in Yvelines’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €24.31/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €6,621/m²: 2,640 houses and apartments sold in Versailles between July 2023 and June 2026. No town in Yvelines costs more to buy into than Versailles, at €6,621/m², the highest of 95. Houses in Versailles sell for €8,818/m² and apartments for €6,494/m².
€6,621/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Versailles€6,621/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yvelines median€3,717/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€8,818/m²
253
Apartments
€6,494/m²
2,387
€24.31/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€19.29 to €30.63/m² a month)
12.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€24.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€35,910
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1973, and 124 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 17th century. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1973. Versailles has 15 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, higher than both Yvelines’ towns (1.7) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments here is Ancien hôtel de la Surintendance des Bâtiments du Roi, puis ancien petit séminaire, puis Caserne Vauban.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Versailles run below what its ages would predict: 69 per 100 expected, fewer than in Yvelines’ towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 8,600 deaths in Versailles from 2016 to 2025; there were 6,419, 25% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Yvelines is 86.8 years for women and 82.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Versailles is Hopital Prive de Versailles Franciscaines, 0.6 mi away.
−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw75
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
81
GPs in Versailles · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive de Versailles Franciscaines
0.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive de Versailles Franciscaines
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Versailles is a graduates’ town: 67% hold a degree, more than in Yvelines’ towns and across compared French towns
18% are under 15, below Yvelines’ towns (20%) and close to compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town. The middle age in Versailles is 39.
39median age
VersaillesYvelines medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
15%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP8%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education67%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Less crime per resident in Versailles than in 64% of compared French towns
1,525 offenses were reported in Versailles during 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Versailles (50,700 to 38,350): it draws people in from around. Graded property crimes ran at 11.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 7 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage530
Family violence265
Other physical violence222
Sexual violence164
Burglary154
Vehicle theft97
Theft from vehicles87
Armed robbery6
Theft without violence822
Fraud625
Drug use420
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
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,525
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · 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
92.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the 19 collèges within 5 km, 3.8 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Versailles, 95.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #14 of 94 in Yvelines.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ancien hôtel de la Surintendance des Bâtiments du Roi, puis ancien petit séminaire, puis Caserne Vauban: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien Hôtel du Grand Contrôle: Photo: Dchyp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien Pavillon des Sources: Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien potager du Roi et parc de Balbi: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0
Louis XV: Manner of Louis-Michel van Loo, Public domain · Charles X: Thomas Lawrence, Public domain · Philippe V: Jean Ranc, Public domain · Jean-François Lyotard: Bracha L. Ettinger, retouched by AM, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ferdinand de Lesseps: Pierre Petit, Public domain · Louis XVII: Alexander Kucharsky, Public domain
Versailles’ 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 Versailles
Is Versailles safe?
It grades B for safety, #35 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 154 burglaries and 530 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Versailles good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #14 of 94 in Yvelines. 99% of 372 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Hoche in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Versailles expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €6,621/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Versailles grades D− for cost of living.
About Versailles
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Versailles is a commune of 84,095 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP). 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
84,095 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP)
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.
