Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D) — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 10.5% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,038/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. It also trails on walkability: 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-André-de-Lidon 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-de-Lidon 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-de-Lidon.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
On foot, Saint-André-de-Lidon works less well than 98% of compared French towns
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,860 a year per consumption unit. 2.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
2%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
200
jobs based in Saint-André-de-Lidon, 0.4 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 2% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Mortality in Saint-André-de-Lidon, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns: 76 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
74 deaths in Saint-André-de-Lidon between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 98: 24% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-André-de-Lidon is Ch de Saintonge Saintes, 11.7 mi away. In Charente-Maritime, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw76
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-André-de-Lidon · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Saintonge Saintes
11.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Saintonge Saintes
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Saint-André-de-Lidon costs less than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.96/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,038/m²: 38 houses and apartments sold in Saint-André-de-Lidon between July 2023 and June 2026.
€2,038/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-André-de-Lidon€2,038/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,038/m²
38
€9.96/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.90 to €12.56/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 18% of people in Saint-André-de-Lidon are under 15, more than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.4% of the town. Half of Saint-André-de-Lidon is older than 45, half younger.
45median age
Saint-André-de-LidonCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-André-de-Lidon
Is Saint-André-de-Lidon safe?
Saint-André-de-Lidon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-André-de-Lidon expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,038/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-André-de-Lidon grades B for cost of living.
About Saint-André-de-Lidon
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-André-de-Lidon is a commune of 1,272 people in the Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. 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
1,272 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole
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.
