Saint-Désir’s strongest is jobs & income: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car (C): 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,070/m²: 70 m² comes to 6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results 3.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.7 points above the expected rate.
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-Désir 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-Désir 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-Désir.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Saint-Désir: 33% are 65 or over, above Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. Residents of Saint-Désir have a median age of 52.9. 27% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Calvados 26%, France 30%).
52.9median age
Saint-DésirCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Saint-Désir has lower unemployment than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 7.1%
Half of residents lived on more than €26,400 a year per consumption unit, above Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.4% of working residents in Saint-Désir didn’t travel to work at all. Nearly a tenth of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 86% drove.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport4%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
550
jobs based in Saint-Désir, 0.8 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Fewer pass the bac at the lycées near Saint-Désir than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 89.9%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 87% of 177 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. The town’s pupils have a collège 1 mi away. At the three general lycées, 91% of 358 candidates passed the bac, 4.9 points below the expected rate.
91%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Désir than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.80/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,070/m²: 57 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Désir between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €13.09/m² a month.
€2,070/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Désir€2,070/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,070/m²
57
€10.80/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.79 to €13.25/m² a month)
6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,970
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Saint-Désir records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 92 in Calvados’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Calvados: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 296 deaths in Saint-Désir from 2016 to 2025; there were 355, 20% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Désir is Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson, 1.3 mi away.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Désir · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson
1.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Bisson
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Désir
Is Saint-Désir safe?
Saint-Désir has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Désir good?
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Désir expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,070/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Désir grades C+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Désir
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Saint-Désir is a commune of 1,756 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie. 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.
