Living in Rabastens

In Rabastens, advertised rents for new lettings average €8.76 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 11.5% (2022).

Rabastens had 5,867 residents at the start of 2023 and is a city in France. The foreign population count was 166 in 2021. The city had 4 schools in 2026. There were 68.2 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. The unemployment rate was 11.5% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2424 sources

Population5,867people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,575EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent8.76EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 24% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate11.49%country median 11.0% — 5% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime3,479incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 27% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Cheaper rent than 86% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 80% of French cities that publish it.

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

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Rabastens?

Average net cold rent is 8.76 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): 8.76 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr¹⁶

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesRabastens highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Rabastens€8.76

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Bordeaux€15.99

Lille€15.76

Strasbourg€15.57

Montpellier€15.49

Rennes€14.87

Nantes€14.50

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	42.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange Livebox Fibre¹³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹²Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	247.7 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official
Dwellings	3,043 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	2,648 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.76 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr¹⁶Official

Is Rabastens 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 worker49%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 40–58%

Skilled employee54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 46–62%

Student54%strong on education, weak on work · range 47–61%

Family51%strong on family, weak on cost · range 44–58%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 43–63%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 526 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.76 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 Rabastens?

The unemployment rate is about 11.5 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 11.49 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁹

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Rabastens is 11.5%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Rabastens 11.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	96.5 %	31 Mar 2026	Independent 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.⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,575 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr¹⁷Official
Unemployment rate	11.49 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Rabastens?

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

Left over each month€1,372of €1,961 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.	€1,961
Rent, 60 m²€8.76/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €526
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	€1,372

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Public employment service

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

Country-level information

France Travail — Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	4 schools	27 May 2026	RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.¹⁴Official · commune
Primary schools	2 schools	31 Dec 2025	INSEE⁵Official

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; Rabastens's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents	68.18 per 100,000 people	31 Dec 2024	INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Rabastens 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Rabastens?

Police recorded about 3,479 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)²

Recorded crime across major citiesRabastens highlighted among comparable cities

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

Rabastens3,479

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,479 incidents per 100,000country median 4,740	31 Dec 2025	Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)²Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Rabastens. 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

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DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Rabastens.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM10 was 11.7 µg/m³ in 2024.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM1011.7WHO 15 · EU 40

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

PM10 across cities in FranceWhere Rabastens lands among 1893 measured cities

6–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2325–26

Rabastens 11.7

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM10 — annual mean	11.66 µg/m³country median 14.2	2024	2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.¹Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 66.3 km² in 2026. Population density was 88.5 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Rabastens?

The published population was 5,867 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	66.29 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁵Official
Foreign residents	166 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹¹Official
Population density	88.51 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁵Official
Population	5,867 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁸Official

International community in Rabastens

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 group	People	Share
Total	5,867	100.0%
Français	5,697.528	97.1%
Etranger	169.472	2.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Alternatives for people set on Rabastens

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.

Saint-Jean as a Rabastens alternative in the same region

25 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €13.71/m² Saint-Jean vs €8.76/m² Rabastensno percentage
Residents: 11,261 Saint-Jean vs 5,867 Rabastens+92%
Unemployment: 8.3% Saint-Jean vs 11.5% Rabastens−27%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,387 Saint-Jean vs 3,479 Rabastenssame level
Median gross pay, region: €2,575 Saint-Jean vs €2,575 Rabastenssame level

Full comparison More about Saint-Jean

Sartrouville as a Rabastens alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 571 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 5,867 Rabastens+799%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,575 Rabastens+29%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 3,479 Rabastens+32%
Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €8.76/m² Rabastensno percentage
Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 11.5% Rabastens−9%

Full comparison More about Sartrouville

Cities near Rabastens

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

Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe 6.2 km away

Rent: 10.15 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Lavaur 15.6 km away

Rent: 9.87 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Gaillac 16.4 km away

Rent: 9.41 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Villemur-sur-Tarn 18.3 km away

Rent: 10.24 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Graulhet 22.2 km away

Rent: 8.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Saint-Jean 24.9 km away

Rent: 13.71 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Rabastens, nearest in population first.

All France cities

Douvrin5,867 residents Montpon-Ménestérol5,866 residents Riantec5,865 residents La Wantzenau5,864 residents Lesparre-Médoc5,872 residents Gond-Pontouvre5,862 residents

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Is Rabastens part of Toulouse?

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

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Common questions

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

How many people live in Rabastens?

The published population was 5,867 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Rabastens?

Average net cold rent is 8.76 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 613 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Rabastens?

What is the unemployment rate in Rabastens?

The unemployment rate is about 11.5 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Rabastens?

The median gross salary is 2,575 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Rabastens?

166 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1.

Is Rabastens a good place to live?

Rabastens 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 Rabastens part of Toulouse?

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

Which cities are near Rabastens?

Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe, Lavaur, Gaillac, Villemur-sur-Tarn, Graulhet are near Rabastens. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Français citizenship group in Rabastens?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,697.528 people (97.1%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Rabastens, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 362c0cdf44ba398b89c7175e19755562]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/rabastens/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Rabastens, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {362c0cdf44ba398b89c7175e19755562},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/rabastens/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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