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The town, home to 3,199 people, lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. 36% of residents are 65 or over.
Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes a D, better than just over a tenth of compared French towns. That places it #39 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Dolus-d'Oléron does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dolus-d'Oléron 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.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Dolus-d'Oléron; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1988.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dolus-d'Oléron.
Over-65s are 36% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.9% of residents, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Dolus-d'Oléron are older than 57.1.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Dolus-d'Oléron | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Dolus-d'Oléron sell for €3,610/m² and apartments for €4,641/m². Sales in the town from July 2023 to June 2026: 291 houses and apartments. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.95/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,610/m² | 257 |
| Apartments | €4,641/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 78 offenses were recorded in Dolus-d'Oléron. Graded property crimes ran at 19.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 7.8 (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Dolus-d'Oléron (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence and armed robbery, 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, 1.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
For its 1,200 residents in work, Dolus-d'Oléron has 1,100 jobs: 0.9 each. 8.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 11.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 7.7%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Charente-Maritime live to 85.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 416 residents of Dolus-d'Oléron died, against 458 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Dolus-d'Oléron records 91 deaths per 100 expected, in line with Charente-Maritime’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88).
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Family days out and other places to visit in and near Dolus-d'Oléron. Best known first.
Dolus-d'Oléron has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Perroche: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Dolus-d'Oléron as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolus-d'Oléron | 3,199 | — | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Le Château-d'Oléron | 4,366 | 3 | B | C | A− | C+ |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron | 6,633 | 3 | D | D | D | C− |
| Saint-Georges-d'Oléron | 4,067 | 5.8 | D | C− | D | B |
| Bourcefranc-le-Chapus | 3,486 | 7.2 | B+ | C | A− | C+ |
| Marennes-Hiers-Brouage | 6,163 | 9.4 | B− | C | B− | C+ |
| Fouras | 4,148 | 10 | D | D | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #27 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.63/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Dolus-d'Oléron grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Dolus-d'Oléron is a commune of 3,199 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Île d'Oléron. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.