Middle of the road on almost everything. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 31% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,513/m² takes 6.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo. Its strongest subject is safety: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 12.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade lands at C+, #65 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. Nationally, it does better than 43% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
How Saint-Lys grades
Each subject compares Saint-Lys 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 Saint-Lys.
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Lys run higher than in 74% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (171 places) count their residents as Saint-Lys’; allowing for them, deaths were 3% below expected. 1,068 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 912: 17% above. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Lys is Clinique D Occitanie, 8.3 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Lys can choose among 9 GPs.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Saint-Lys · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique D Occitanie
8.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique D Occitanie
86.4 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer commuters in Saint-Lys walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 6.2%
Per resident in work, Saint-Lys counts 0.5 jobs (2,050 jobs, 4,500 workers). No commute at all: 3.2% of working residents in the town at the census. Median disposable income comes to €27,240 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
2,050
jobs based in Saint-Lys, 0.5 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 30% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A younger town: only 18% of residents are 65 or over
Nearly a third of adults hold a degree, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (40%) but above compared French towns (30%). One measure of family life: nearly a fifth of residents are under 15. The median resident of Saint-Lys is 41.8 years old.
41.8median age
Saint-LysHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Per resident, Saint-Lys sees less crime than 64% of compared French towns
In 2025, 166 offenses were recorded in Saint-Lys. More of the graded crimes in the town were burglary than anything else (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 166 offenses in the graded categories in the town in 2025.
5.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary38
Criminal damage33
Theft from vehicles32
Family violence30
Sexual violence12
Vehicle theft11
Other physical violence10
Armed robbery0
Fraud72
Drug use43
Theft without violence41
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.
5.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
166
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
88.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 5.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Lys, 99.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For exam results, it comes #31 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument in Saint-Lys, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 19th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 3.7% of the total, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (3.5%) but below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
A typical home in Saint-Lys sells for €2,513/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €2,603/m² in Saint-Lys, apartments for €2,219/m². House rents are put at about €10.64/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 321 homes were sold in the town.
€2,513/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Lys€2,513/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,603/m²
242
Apartments
€2,219/m²
79
€12.12/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.85 to €14.92/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.64/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,260
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Lys
Is Saint-Lys safe?
It grades B for safety, #40 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 38 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Lys good?
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #31 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Lys expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.12/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Lys grades C+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Lys
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Saint-Lys is a commune of 9,892 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo. 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.
