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Over-65s are 35% of the population. Some 1,521 people live in this town, in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Cost of living is its weak spot — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too (C−): 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Second homes make up 39% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Augustin 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.
The 2 things Saint-Augustin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Augustin 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.
Saint-Augustin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Augustin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Vivien, in Breuillet, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Augustin.
Degrees are held by a quarter of adults, near Charente-Maritime’s towns (27%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). The under-15s are 12% of the population here. Retirement age and beyond: 35% of residents are 65 or older.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Saint-Augustin | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.8% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 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.
The median price, €3,137/m², comes from 76 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Augustin from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €11.42/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,153/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 5.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,380 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (84 places) counts its residents as Saint-Augustin’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 228 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 292, 28% more. Women in Charente-Maritime live to 85.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner here.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Other places to visit, museums and family days out in and near Saint-Augustin. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Augustin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Augustin yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Augustin | 1,521 | — | — | C− | — | B− |
| Saint-Palais-sur-Mer | 3,840 | 1.9 | C | D | D− | C+ |
| Breuillet | 3,058 | 2 | B− | D | A− | B+ |
| Vaux-sur-Mer | 4,013 | 3 | C | D | D | A− |
| Étaules | 2,857 | 3.5 | B− | C+ | A | B− |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan | 3,446 | 4.1 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Royan | 19,425 | 4.6 | C− | D | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Augustin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,137/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Augustin grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Augustin is a commune of 1,521 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Royan Atlantique. 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.