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In Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 3,091 residents.
Sainte-Hélène’s strongest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Sainte-Hélène has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Sainte-Hélène does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Hélène 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.
Sainte-Hélène has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainte-Hélène as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Avensan, 7.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Hélène.
19% of residents are children under 15. Sainte-Hélène has a median age of 42.3 years. Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, close to Gironde’s towns (34%) and above compared French towns (30%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Hélène | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.04/m² a month, near Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €12.86/m² a month. The market in Sainte-Hélène: 72 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,023/m² | 66 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 181 deaths in Sainte-Hélène from 2016 to 2025; there were 139, 23% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Hélène is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 16.1 mi away. At birth, a girl in Gironde can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
At the census, 4.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 500 jobs are based in Sainte-Hélène, for 1,550 working residents (0.3 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €28,330 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over 2025, Sainte-Hélène logged 19 recorded offenses. Violence against people averaged 3.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 5.2. More of the graded crimes in the town were family violence than anything else (2025).
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (47.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Sainte-Hélène 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 Sainte-Hélène 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Hélène | 3,091 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Castelnau-de-Médoc | 4,907 | 6 | D | C | B+ | D |
| Avensan | 3,140 | 7.7 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc | 7,769 | 8.2 | B+ | D | A− | B |
| Listrac-Médoc | 2,807 | 8.8 | B− | C+ | A− | B− |
| Saint-Médard-en-Jalles | 32,910 | 9.5 | A− | D | B | A |
| Arsac | 4,124 | 9.6 | A− | C− | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Hélène has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sainte-Hélène grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sainte-Hélène is a commune of 3,091 people in the Communauté de communes Médullienne. 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.