Matha has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 1.8 jobs per working resident; 13.6% unemployment. At the median price of €1,215/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Its strongest is schools (A−): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Matha 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 Matha.
Who lives here
An older town: 40% of people in Matha are 65 or over, more than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
11% are under 15, near Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Graduates make up 16% of adults.
57.2median age
MathaCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma34%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Matha costs less than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.94/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,215/m²: 103 houses and apartments sold in Matha between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 99% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €7.21/m² a month.
€1,215/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Matha€1,215/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,207/m²
102
€9.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.63 to €12.93/m² a month)
3.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Matha has higher unemployment than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 13.6%
Households’ median disposable income: €22,910 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 10.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot8%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
1,250
jobs based in Matha, 1.8 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Matha: 23% were built before 1919, more than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Matha counts 4 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Herie. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Crime per resident in Matha is lower than in 56% of compared French towns
Jobs outnumber working residents in Matha (1,250 to 700): it draws people in from around. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.8 cases of violence against people and 13.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 42 offenses locally. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
6.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage27
Sexual violence10
Other physical violence5
Fraud7
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.
6.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
42
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
22.1%
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 · Small counts of family violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 22.1% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. 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.
HealthHealth B−
Matha’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 54% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Matha can choose among 5 GPs. Its two care homes for older people (86 places) count their residents as Matha’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 433 residents of Matha died, against 418 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. The nearest emergency department to Matha is Centre hospitalier St Jean D Angely, 11.6 mi away.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Matha · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier St Jean D Angely
12.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Grand Cognac
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Matha
Are schools in Matha good?
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Matha expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,215/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Matha grades A− for cost of living.
About Matha
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Matha is a commune of 2,191 people in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté. 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
2,191 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
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.
