A town of contrasts. Le Château-d'Oléron’s overall grade of B puts it better than 57% of compared French towns, #15 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Schools do well: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Buying in is costly (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 13.2% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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.
Each subject compares Le Château-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.
Pont Napoléon, dit aussi pont de la Brande ou pont Vauban: Photo: SoGladia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Citadelle et fortifications: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Château-d'Oléron.
Schools
97.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
97.0%passed the brevetASchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #3 of 44 in Charente-Maritime on results. The nearest collège is 0.9 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.7 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Le Château-d'Oléron are 15 to 24: 6.4%, fewer than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
55median age
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, near Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 12% of the population. Among adults, 25% have a degree.
Le Château-d'OléronCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Le Château-d'Oléron records less crime per resident than three in four compared French towns
3.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Police and gendarmerie figures for Le Château-d'Oléron show 62 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.7 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage32
Vehicle theft14
Burglary11
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud27
Theft without violence26
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
12.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
62
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.7%
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 · When family violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (6.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C
Homes in Le Château-d'Oléron sell for a median €3,148/m²
€3,148/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 95% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. The estimated advertised rent is €11.63/m² a month, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. A house rents for an estimated €10.06/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Château-d'Oléron€3,148/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,219/m²
216
€11.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.02 to €14.99/m² a month)
8.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,550
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de l'Île d'Oléron
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Le Château-d'Oléron sees 93 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 612 deaths in Le Château-d'Oléron from 2016 to 2025; there were 634, 4% more. Life expectancy at birth in Charente-Maritime is 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 5 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Le Château-d'Oléron · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Rochefort site St Pierre Oleron
13.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Rochefort
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Le Château-d'Oléron has higher unemployment than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 13.2%
9%walk, cycle or take transit
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 9.2% of commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 5.2% of working residents in Le Château-d'Oléron didn’t travel to work at all. Half of residents lived on more than €25,190 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
1,200
jobs based in Le Château-d'Oléron, 0.8 per working resident
13.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Le Château-d'Oléron has 4 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2006. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Le Château-d'Oléron is Dolmen d'Ors dit la Piare. Homes built before 1919 account for 11% of the housing.
Le Château-d'Oléron is a commune of 4,366 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
Population
4,366 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Île d'Oléron
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
6 sq mi (15.6 km²)
INSEE code
17093
Le Château-d'Oléron’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Château-d'Oléron
Is Le Château-d'Oléron safe?
It grades A− for safety, #14 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Château-d'Oléron good?
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns and #3 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Château-d'Oléron expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Le Château-d'Oléron grades C for cost of living.
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.
