Work and incomes are strong: 1.8 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Where it falls short is schools — bac results 7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.2 points below the expected rate. Cost of living is weaker too (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-André-sur-Orne 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 Saint-André-sur-Orne 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 Saint-André-sur-Orne.
Schools
Bac results near Saint-André-sur-Orne run low: 82.0% passed, below Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-André-sur-Orne, 85.5% of collège pupils passed the brevet, lower than both Calvados’ towns (87.5%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away. General-bac pupils go 3.1 mi to the nearest lycée.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
The median disposable income in Saint-André-sur-Orne is €26,440 a year per consumption unit, against €24,235 in Calvados’ towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below both Calvados’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 3.9% of Saint-André-sur-Orne’s working residents to work at the census.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,250
jobs based in Saint-André-sur-Orne, 1.8 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Median price in Saint-André-sur-Orne: €2,273/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €11.87/m² a month. 33 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-André-sur-Orne from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.32/m² a month, in line with Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,273/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-André-sur-Orne€2,273/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,273/m²
33
€12.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.54 to €14.39/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.87/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,510
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Saint-André-sur-Orne has fewer older residents than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 19% are 65 or over
People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, above both Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Saint-André-sur-Orne is 46.1 years old. Under 15: 16% of residents.
46.1median age
Saint-André-sur-OrneCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-André-sur-Orne sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 92 in Calvados’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Calvados can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 108 residents of Saint-André-sur-Orne died, against 127 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-André-sur-Orne is Polyclinique du Parc Caen, 3.6 mi away.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-André-sur-Orne · 4.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Parc Caen
3.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique du Parc Caen
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-André-sur-Orne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
More of the graded crimes in Saint-André-sur-Orne were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025). With 1,250 jobs for 700 working residents, Saint-André-sur-Orne draws people in from neighbouring communes. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.3 violent offenses and 9.6 graded property crimes a year. The 2025 count: 18 offenses in the town.
3.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles11
Criminal damage7
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
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.
3.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
47.0%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 47.0% of the index here. 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-André-sur-Orne
Is Saint-André-sur-Orne safe?
Saint-André-sur-Orne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Saint-André-sur-Orne good?
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns. 100% of 24 candidates passed the bac at Lycée François Rabelais in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-André-sur-Orne expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-André-sur-Orne grades C for cost of living.
About Saint-André-sur-Orne
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Saint-André-sur-Orne is a commune of 1,664 people in the Communauté urbaine Caen la Mer. 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.
