Saint Privat en Périgord’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint Privat en Périgord 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 Privat en Périgord 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.
Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens · Classé · Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint Privat en Périgord’s story
Saint Privat en Périgord in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Saint Privat en Périgord: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1862First protected: Église Saint-Privat
2005Most recently protected: Domaine du château de Cumond
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Saint Privat en Périgord: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Église Saint-Privat: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Domaine du château de Cumond: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint Privat en Périgord.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
On foot, Saint Privat en Périgord works less well than 99% of compared French towns
2%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income is €22,490 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 1.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 10.5% of the labour force are out of work.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
300
jobs based in Saint Privat en Périgord, 0.7 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: behind almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Saint Privat en Périgord are 15 to 24: 5.5%, fewer than in Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
60median age
10% are under 15, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for nearly two in five residents. Graduates make up 20% of adults.
Saint Privat en PérigordDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Saint Privat en Périgord costs less than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.83/m² a month
€1,218/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,218/m², below both Dordogne’s towns (€1,680/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Saint Privat en Périgord from July 2023 to June 2026: 52 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint Privat en Périgord€1,218/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,218/m²
52
€8.83/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.92 to €11.27/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,440
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Aulaye
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Saint Privat en Périgord is 23.7 mi from the nearest emergency department
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Dordogne, women can expect to live 85.2 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises in Saint Privat en Périgord. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Saint Privat en Périgord come to 83 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 306 residents of Saint Privat en Périgord died, against 209 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 47% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw147
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint Privat en Périgord · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
23.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Hopitaux Sud Charente
25.6 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 Privat en Périgord keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 40% built before 1919
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3 of the 4 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Among the classé monuments in Saint Privat en Périgord is Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments here: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Saint Privat en Périgord is a commune of 1,139 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Aulaye. 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
1,139 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Aulaye
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
17.1 sq mi (44.3 km²)
INSEE code
24490
Saint Privat en Périgord’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 Privat en Périgord
Is Saint Privat en Périgord safe?
Saint Privat en Périgord has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 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.
Is Saint Privat en Périgord expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint Privat en Périgord 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.
