Where it does best is walkability — 77% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,446/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan. The weak point is schools — bac results 1.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Soubise has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Soubise 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 Soubise.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Fewer people in Soubise are out of work than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.5%
No commute at all: 20.6% of working residents in Soubise at the census. The median disposable income was €26,480 a year per consumption unit, close to both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970).
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving54%
On foot13%
Public transport10%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
700
jobs based in Soubise, 0.4 per working resident
4.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
21%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 88% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Brevet near Soubise: 86.2% passed, against 91.4% in Charente-Maritime’s towns and 87.5% in compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 87% of 121 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. Schools rank #37 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. For collège, the closest is 2.3 mi away.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Soubise’s grade for cost of living: a C
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
89 sales of houses and apartments in Soubise, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,446/m². Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.41/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.63/m² a month, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,446/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Soubise€2,446/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,447/m²
87
€11.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.02 to €14.99/m² a month)
6.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.41/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,210
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Soubise: 4 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Soubise is Deux dolmens. 8.7% of its homes were built before 1919, about level with Charente-Maritime’s towns (8.7%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A young town: 31% of people in Soubise are 15 to 24, more than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
20% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 11%, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Soubise by age and the one in the middle is 32.5.
32.5median age
SoubiseCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat36%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 69 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Soubise sees fewer deaths than 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (86 places) count their residents as Soubise’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 322 residents of Soubise died, against 268 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more. Life expectancy at birth in Charente-Maritime is 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 3 GPs practise in the town.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Soubise · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Rochefort
3.8 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
Ancienne seigneurie des Rohan: Photo: Original téléversé par Pep.per sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Fontaine de la Rouillasse: Photo: KiwiNeko14 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Llann Wé² · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Soubise
Is Soubise safe?
Soubise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 3.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Soubise good?
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #37 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. 95% of 374 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Maurice Merleau-Ponty in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Soubise expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,446/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Soubise grades C for cost of living.
About Soubise
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Soubise is a commune of 3,316 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan. 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.
