Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C+): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B− for walkability. A fifth of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière 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-Pardoux-la-Rivière 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.
Hôtel des Voyageurs: Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière.
Who lives here
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière skews older, with 42% of residents 65 or over, more than in Dordogne’s towns and across compared French towns
58.9median age
Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 10%, below Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 5.6% of the population.
Saint-Pardoux-la-RivièreDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
42%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière costs less than in Dordogne’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.28/m² a month
€1,122/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,122/m², below Dordogne’s towns (€1,680/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. From July 2023 to June 2026, 64 homes were sold in Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière€1,122/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,122/m²
64
€8.28/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.49 to €10.56/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,090
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Périgord Nontronnais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière is 20.8 mi from the nearest emergency department
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 293 deaths in Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière from 2016 to 2025; there were 315, 7% more. Its care home for older people (55 places) counts its residents as Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. This Dordogne town has 4 family doctors. Life expectancy in Dordogne: 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
20.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Perigueux
20.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Perigueux
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière has lower unemployment than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 9.1%
8%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €23,080 a year per consumption unit, close to Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Nearly one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
450
jobs based in Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière, 1.1 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière is a commune of 1,166 people in the Communauté de communes du Périgord Nontronnais. 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
1,166 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Périgord Nontronnais
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
9 sq mi (23.2 km²)
INSEE code
24479
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière
Is Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière safe?
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière grades A for cost of living.
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.
