Oletta’s strongest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D). Work and incomes lag (C+): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 9.6% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Oletta 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 Oletta 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 Oletta.
HealthHealth A+
Fewer deaths than Oletta’s ages would predict, 64 per 100 expected, under Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Haute-Corse: 85.5 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 138 deaths in Oletta between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 216: 36% below. For a family doctor, residents of Oletta can choose among 3 GPs.
−36%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw64
Adjusted64
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Oletta · 6.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
6.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
85.5 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Corse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Buying in Oletta costs more than in Haute-Corse’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €3,667/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Oletta: €4,336/m² for houses, €3,374/m² for apartments. Houses accounted for 38% of sales, apartments for the rest. The market in the town: 80 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€3,667/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Oletta€3,667/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Corse median€3,166/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,336/m²
30
Apartments
€3,374/m²
50
€13.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.01 to €15.93/m² a month)
10.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,020
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Nebbiu - Conca d'Oro
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Oletta is harder to get around on foot than 88% of compared French towns
At the census, 4.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haute-Corse’s towns (5.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €26,110 a year per consumption unit. The unemployment rate comes to 9.6%.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
400
jobs based in Oletta, 0.6 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,110
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 12% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Oletta than in Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
31% of residents are 65 or over, above both Haute-Corse’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 7.4% of residents. Residents of Oletta have a median age of 53.
53median age
OlettaHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Corse median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Oletta: 11% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Corse’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Oletta is Église Saint-André. On the Culture ministry’s list, Oletta counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Oletta
Is Oletta safe?
Oletta has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Oletta expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.25/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Oletta grades D for cost of living.
About Oletta
Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica
Oletta is a commune of 1,780 people in the Communauté de communes Nebbiu - Conca d'Oro. 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.
