Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Overall, Saint-Gaudens earns a C+: better than 36% of compared French towns, and #73 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. Its lowest grade is for safety: an average of 15.6 recorded violent incidents and 22.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It does especially well on cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car: nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for schools and C+ for health.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Gaudens 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.
Ancienne abbaye de Bonnefont: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Gaudens.
Safety
Crime per resident in Saint-Gaudens runs higher than in 94% of compared French towns
15.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
In 2025, 545 offenses were recorded in Saint-Gaudens. With 8,350 jobs for 4,000 working residents, Saint-Gaudens draws people in from neighbouring communes. Also worth knowing: the graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage204
Other physical violence82
Family violence76
Burglary75
Sexual violence54
Theft from vehicles35
Vehicle theft19
Theft without violence110
Fraud84
Drug use64
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.
15.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
545
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Saint-Gaudens, 16.6%, runs above Haute-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
18%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €21,660 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (€27,620) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 3.4% of Saint-Gaudens’ working residents to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot10%
Bicycle4%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
8,350
jobs based in Saint-Gaudens, 2.1 per working resident
16.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Homes in Saint-Gaudens cost less than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,233/m²
€1,233/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Saint-Gaudens sell for €1,453/m² and apartments for €1,127/m². The town is the second cheapest of the 96 towns in Haute-Garonne, at €1,233/m². The estimated advertised rent is €9.79/m² a month, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Gaudens€1,233/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,453/m²
272
Apartments
€1,127/m²
300
€9.79/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.95 to €12.06/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.32/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,500
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur et Coteaux du Comminges
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Saint-Gaudens: 31% are 65 or over, above Haute-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
50.1median age
The under-15s are 14% of the population here. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). 23% of adults hold a degree.
Saint-GaudensHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
7 historic monuments in Saint-Gaudens, 2 classé
7historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For its size, Saint-Gaudens has 5.8 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments locally is Église collégiale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Gaudens. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
86.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate
97%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Gaudens, 92.9% passed the bac, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). On school results, the town ranks #50 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Saint-Gaudens records 90 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 80 in Haute-Garonne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,970 residents of Saint-Gaudens died, against 1,914 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. In Haute-Garonne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Gaudens can choose among 12 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Saint-Gaudens · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Comminges Pyrenees site Saint Plancard
0.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Comminges Pyrenees site Saint Plancard
86.4 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Gaudens is a commune of 12,139 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur et Coteaux du Comminges. 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
12,139 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur et Coteaux du Comminges
Département
Haute-Garonne (31)
Région
Occitanie
Area
10.7 sq mi (27.8 km²)
INSEE code
31483
Saint-Gaudens’ 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-Gaudens
Is Saint-Gaudens safe?
It grades D for safety, #81 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 75 burglaries and 204 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Gaudens good?
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #50 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. The lycée stands out: 97% of 240 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique de Bagatelle in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Gaudens expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Gaudens 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.
