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Over-65s are only 10% of the population. 11,993 people call this town in Essonne, Île-de-France home.
Saint-Pierre-du-Perray’s overall grade is B−, better than 49% of compared French towns. It ranks #35 of 91 in Essonne. Prices are high against local incomes (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its schools fall short: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2.6 points below the expected rate. Fewer journeys need a car (A−): 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Add health to its strengths (B+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Saint-Pierre-du-Perray does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Pierre-du-Perray 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Vincent-Saint-Germain, in Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil, 1 mi away.
1.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray.
Degrees are held by 44% of adults, above both Essonne’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up a tenth of the town. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 13% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Pierre-du-Perray | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 10% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray sell for €3,214/m² and apartments for €3,462/m². The estimated advertised rent is €17.75/m² a month, near Essonne’s towns (€17.41/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). This Essonne town recorded 388 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,214/m² | 207 |
| Apartments | €3,462/m² | 181 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per resident in work, Saint-Pierre-du-Perray counts 0.5 jobs (3,100 jobs, 5,900 workers). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €29,490 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
604 deaths in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 586: 3% above. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 79 per 100 expected, close to Essonne’s towns (79) and below compared French towns (88). Life expectancy in Essonne: 86.4 years for women and 82.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 83% of 319 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km. The town’s schools place #32 of 94 in Essonne on results. At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Pierre-du-Perray, 91.9% passed the bac, about level with both Essonne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Camille ClaudelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 166 | 92%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Saint-Léon PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 171 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Le VillageBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 152 | 78%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray. 2025 saw 222 offenses recorded in the town. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.1 violent offenses and 13.7 graded property crimes a year.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-du-Perray | 11,993 | — | B− | D− | B | B+ |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil | 7,469 | 1 | B− | D− | B− | A− |
| Saintry-sur-Seine | 5,882 | 1.3 | C+ | D | A− | B |
| Corbeil-Essonnes | 54,471 | 1.7 | D− | D | D | C− |
| Tigery | 4,333 | 1.9 | B− | D− | B− | B+ |
| Étiolles | 3,105 | 2.3 | B− | D− | B | A |
| Lieusaint Seine-et-Marne | 14,017 | 2.5 | C− | D− | D | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #25 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 65 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #32 of 94 in Essonne. 98% of 171 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Saint-Léon in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Pierre-du-Perray grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Saint-Pierre-du-Perray is a commune of 11,993 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Paris Sud Seine Essonne Sénart. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.