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Living in Aubagne

In Aubagne, rent averages €15.44 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 12.9% (2022).

At the end of 2022, the unemployment rate was 12.9%.

Last checked 2026-09-2433 sources

Population47,529people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Aubagne (commune 13005)
Median gross salary (region)2,630EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent15.44EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 33% aboveOfficial source · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025
Unemployment rate12.88%country median 11.0% — 17% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime7,549incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 59% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean9.22µg/m³country median 8.5 — 9% aboveOfficial source · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.

Pricier rent than 79% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 66% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 91% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Aubagne?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Aubagne?

Average net cold rent is about 15.44 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

  • Average net rent (nettokalt): 15.44 EUR/m²/month · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Aubagne recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesAubagne highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Aubagne highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Aubagne€15.44
Nantes€14.50
Toulouse€13.98
Show the other 6 cities
Marseille€16.30
Bordeaux€15.99
Lille€15.76
Strasbourg€15.57
Montpellier€15.49
Rennes€14.87
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited42.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange Livebox Fibre20Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan19Official · national market
G02 Vacancy Rate Pct1,510 %31 Dec 2023INSEE8Official
Dwellings23,043 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE9Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings21,246 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE9Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)15.44 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6030 Sept 2025"Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251Official

Is Aubagne a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–58%
Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–69%
Student44%strong on education, weak on safety · range 37–51%
Family53%strong on family, weak on cost · range 46–60%
Retirement48%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 39–57%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 926 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 15.44 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2025-Q3

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Aubagne?

The unemployment rate is about 12.9 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 12.88 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Aubagne is 12.9%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability96.71 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)3Official
Gigabit broadband availability96.71 %31 Mar 2026Independent ARCEP municipal count of premises eligible for the >=1 Gbit/s fixed advertised-speed class, divided by the ARCEP type=all municipal premises denominator. This is availability/eligibility, not adoption, measured speed, FTTH-only coverage or mobile coverage.7Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,630 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr23Official
Unemployment rate12.88 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12Official

What does a salary buy in Aubagne?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €2,630 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,012of €2,001 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.€2,001
Rent, 60 m²€15.44/m² · official · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025 · 2025-09-30− €926
Internet€43 · official · Orange Livebox Fibre · 2026-09-30− €43
Mobile plan€20 · official · Orange 100GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30− €20
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€1,012
Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Aubagne. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Aubagne. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary School Count27 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official
School Count38 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 3 to 16. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: UPE2A (unités pédagogiques pour élèves allophones nouvellement arrivés) + UPE2A-NSA variant. How to enrol a child (education.gouv.fr).

A country-wide rule for France; Aubagne's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents912.1 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20115Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Aubagne when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents912.1 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Aubagne?

Police recorded about 7,549 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)4

Recorded crime across major citiesAubagne highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Aubagne highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488
Lyon13,026
Bordeaux12,429
Marseille11,857
Paris10,987
Montpellier9,636
Toulouse8,875
Rennes8,241
Strasbourg7,791
Nantes7,704
Nice7,577
Aubagne7,549
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents7,549 incidents per 100,000country median 4,74031 Dec 2025Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)4Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportJAH3 Aug 2026OurAirports21Official
Distance to nearest airport3 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports21Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Aubagne. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course

État français and OFII

For eligible non-EU foreign residents.

FrenchIn Person

DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Aubagne.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 9.22 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 20.1 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM10 was 18.2 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Aubagne?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 9.22 µg/m³ · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in FranceAnnual PM2.5 in Aubagne is 9.2 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean20.05 µg/m³country median 14.820242024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2Official
NO₂ — latest reading7.2 µg/m³15 Jul 2026Latest valid NO2 hourly station observation on the official LCSQA E2 current-day extract, mapped to the exact INSEE centre through an exact normalized station-name crosswalk to EEA station metadata.14Official
PM10 — annual mean18.24 µg/m³country median 14.220242024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2Official
PM2.5 — annual mean9.22 µg/m³country median 8.520242024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2Official
Climate Monthly Extreme High CJan 19.65 · Feb 19.52 · Mar 23.95 · Apr 27.51 · May 31.97 · Jun 40.98 · Jul 37.74 · Aug 39.07 · Sep 33.84 · Oct 32.19 · Nov 22.48 · Dec 17.39 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low CJan -5.88 · Feb -8.02 · Mar -4.05 · Apr -0.69 · May 2.96 · Jun 6 · Jul 10.71 · Aug 11.21 · Sep 5.71 · Oct -0.16 · Nov -3.7 · Dec -6.99 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official
Average temperature by monthJan 5.32 · Feb 5.74 · Mar 8.89 · Apr 12.45 · May 16.55 · Jun 21.82 · Jul 24.65 · Aug 24.08 · Sep 19.53 · Oct 15.12 · Nov 9.78 · Dec 6.11 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official
Annual PM2.5 over time11 published observations, 2014–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 48.8% between 2014 and 2024, from 18.0 to 9.2.

Population and city profile

The city covered 54.9 km² in 2026. Population density was 865.7 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Aubagne?

The published population was 47,529 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Aubagne (commune 13005)10

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area54.9 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official
Foreign residents2,645 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT118Official
Population density865.7 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official
Population47,529 people1 Jan 2023INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Aubagne (commune 13005)10Official

International community in Aubagne

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Population resident in France excluding Mayotte; INSEE RP2023 NAT; total age and sex · 2023 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Total47,529100.0%
Français44,709.60894.1%
Etranger2,819.3925.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)16Official

Alternatives for people set on Aubagne

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Gémenos as an Aubagne alternative in the same region

5 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Unemployment: 6.6% Gémenos vs 12.9% Aubagne−49%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,517 Gémenos vs 7,549 Aubagne−40%
  • Rent: €15.80/m² (2023) Gémenos vs €15.44/m² (2025) Aubagneno percentage
  • Residents: 6,579 Gémenos vs 47,529 Aubagne−86%
  • Nearest airport: 2.0 km Gémenos vs 3.0 km Aubagne−33%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,630 Gémenos vs €2,630 Aubagnesame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 9.2 µg/m³ Gémenos vs 9.2 µg/m³ Aubagnesame level

Saint-Herblain as an Aubagne alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 713 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Nearest airport: 7.0 km Saint-Herblain vs 3.0 km Aubagne+133%
  • Rent: €11.60/m² Saint-Herblain vs €15.44/m² Aubagneno percentage
  • Unemployment: 11.3% Saint-Herblain vs 12.9% Aubagne−12%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.2 µg/m³ Saint-Herblain vs 9.2 µg/m³ Aubagne−11%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,017.1 Saint-Herblain vs 912.1 Aubagne+12%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,194 Saint-Herblain vs 7,549 Aubagne−5%
  • Residents: 50,973 Saint-Herblain vs 47,529 Aubagne+7%

Cities near Aubagne

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Marseille Commuting Zone · 15.8 km away
Rent
16.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Gémenos 4.6 km away
Rent
15.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Roquevaire 7.1 km away
Rent
12.6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Allauch 8.8 km away
Rent
13.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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Is Aubagne part of Marseille?

Aubagne is in the published commuting zone of Marseille; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Marseille city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source6

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Aubagne?

The published population was 47,529 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Aubagne (commune 13005).

How much does it cost to rent in Aubagne?

Average net cold rent is about 15.44 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 1,081 EUR a month before utilities. Source: "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025.

Is the air quality good in Aubagne?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation..

How safe is Aubagne?

Police recorded about 7,549 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026).

What is the unemployment rate in Aubagne?

The unemployment rate is about 12.9 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Aubagne?

The median gross salary is 2,630 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Aubagne a good place to live?

Aubagne may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Aubagne part of Marseille?

Aubagne is in the published commuting zone of Marseille; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Aubagne?

Marseille, Carnoux-en-Provence, Gémenos, La Penne-sur-Huveaune, Roquefort-la-Bédoule are near Aubagne. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Total citizenship group in Aubagne?

The official citizenship distribution records 47,529 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2023 Census. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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