Several subjects drag its grade down. Safety is its weak spot (D): an average of 10.8 recorded violent incidents and 22.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron’s overall grade of D puts it better than 11% of compared French towns, #40 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Cost of living is weaker too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest subject is schools — brevet results a point above the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Saint-Pierre-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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron.
Who lives here
Children make up only 10% of Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, fewer than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 38% of the town, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 6.8% of residents.
58median age
Saint-Pierre-d'OléronCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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
For crime per resident, Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron sits above 88% of compared French towns
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 212 offenses locally in 2025. With 3,000 jobs for 2,200 working residents, Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron draws people in from neighbouring communes.
10.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage73
Burglary40
Family violence34
Sexual violence27
Other physical violence14
Theft from vehicles13
Vehicle theft11
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence65
Fraud54
Drug use29
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.
10.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
212
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
HousingCost of living D
A typical home in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron sells for €3,516/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, houses go for €3,482/m² and apartments for €4,201/m². Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.81/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €12.95/m² a month, in line with Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€3,516/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron€3,516/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,482/m²
459
Apartments
€4,201/m²
32
€12.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.05 to €16.69/m² a month)
9.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.81/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
History
6 historic monuments in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron is Lanterne des morts. The town has 9 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (4.3) and compared French towns (2.5). Most of the list is houses and mansions: 4 of 6.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron run higher than in 80% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (137 places) count their residents as Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron’s; allowing for them, deaths were 1% above expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,214 residents of Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron died, against 1,074 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% more. Average lifespans in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Rochefort site St Pierre Oleron
17 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
88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #17 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 9.6 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.8 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, 16.1%, runs above Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
6.6% of Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €25,810 a year per consumption unit, in line with Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970).
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot6%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
3,000
jobs based in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, 1.4 per working resident
16.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Château de Bonnemie: Photo: KiwiNeko14 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Onyssius · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison des aïeules de Pierre Loti: Photo: Wolfgang Sauber · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron
3 notable people were born in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron
Is Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron safe?
It grades D for safety, #31 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 40 burglaries and 73 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron good?
They grade B+, better than 65% of compared French towns and #17 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron grades D for cost of living.
About Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron is a commune of 6,633 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
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.
