Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its schools fall short: brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,058/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge. It also trails on walkability (C): nearly three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Porchaire 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-Porchaire 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Saint-Porchaire loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 78 per 100 expected, below Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 262 residents of Saint-Porchaire died, against 254 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Porchaire is Ch de Saintonge Saintes, 7.7 mi away. Life expectancy in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Porchaire · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Saintonge Saintes
7.7 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
Saint-Porchaire has lower unemployment than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 7.8%
For its 850 residents in work, Saint-Porchaire has 650 jobs: 0.8 each. At the census, 6.5% of working residents in Saint-Porchaire didn’t travel to work at all. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,410 a year per consumption unit.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
650
jobs based in Saint-Porchaire, 0.8 per working resident
7.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 30% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Under 15: 17% of residents. People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, lower than Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8.7% of the town.
46.5median age
Saint-PorchaireCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Saint-Porchaire costs less than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.02/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,058/m², comes from 64 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Porchaire from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.56/m² a month.
€2,058/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Porchaire€2,058/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,058/m²
64
€11.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.88 to €13.69/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Porchaire
Is Saint-Porchaire safe?
Saint-Porchaire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Porchaire good?
They grade D, better than 5% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Porchaire expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,058/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Porchaire grades B− for cost of living.
About Saint-Porchaire
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Porchaire is a commune of 2,040 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge. 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.
