Fewer journeys need a car: 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Where it falls short is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €3,991/m² takes 10.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de l'Île d'Oléron. It also trails on safety (C+): an average of 8.1 recorded violent incidents and 16.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). Saint-Denis-d'Oléron 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-Denis-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.
Phare de Chassiron · Classé · Photo: François de Dijon · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Denis-d'Oléron’s story
Saint-Denis-d'Oléron in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Denis-d'Oléron: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1896.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Saint-Denis-d'Oléron before 1900, the earliest Mathieu Martin de Chassiron, in 1674.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Denis-d'Oléron: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Église Saint-Denis: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY 3.0 · Phare de Chassiron: Photo: François de Dijon · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Denis-d'Oléron.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Saint-Denis-d'Oléron: 46% are 65 or over, above Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
62.5median age
9.9% are under 15, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 5.9% of residents. Half of Saint-Denis-d'Oléron is older than 62.5, half younger.
Saint-Denis-d'OléronCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
46%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-Denis-d'Oléron sees more deaths than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 110 per 100 expected
+10%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 233 deaths in Saint-Denis-d'Oléron between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 211: 10% above. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Denis-d'Oléron is Ch Rochefort site St Pierre Oleron, 7.2 mi away. There is one general practitioner locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted110
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint-Denis-d'Oléron · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Rochefort site St Pierre Oleron
14.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A home in Saint-Denis-d'Oléron sells for €3,991/m², more than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
€3,991/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.45/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.63/m² a month, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Sales in Saint-Denis-d'Oléron from July 2023 to June 2026: 156 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Denis-d'Oléron€3,991/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,991/m²
154
€11.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.02 to €14.99/m² a month)
10.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.45/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
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
More people in Saint-Denis-d'Oléron are out of work than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 16.4%
19%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €27,260 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 400 residents in work, Saint-Denis-d'Oléron has 350 jobs: 1 each. 18.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
Bicycle10%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
350
jobs based in Saint-Denis-d'Oléron, 1 per working resident
16.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Denis-d'Oléron has more crime per resident than 63% of compared French towns
8.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Denis-d'Oléron (2025). In all, 36 offenses reached the police record in the town in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage13
Sexual violence11
Family violence6
Burglary6
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence13
Fraud8
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.
8.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
36
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
21.1%
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 · When other physical violence, vehicle theft 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 (21.1% of the index here). That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Denis-d'Oléron is a commune of 1,358 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
1,358 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Île d'Oléron
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.6 sq mi (11.8 km²)
INSEE code
17323
Saint-Denis-d'Oléron’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
