Where it does best is safety (B+) — an average of 6.6 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.5% unemployment. It lags on cost of living as well (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze 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 Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze 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.
Croix en fer du 18e siècle: Photo: Guchou31 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze.
Safety
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze sees less crime per resident than three in four compared French towns
6.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
All told, Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze had 33 recorded offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally were burglary than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary14
Family violence10
Criminal damage9
Armed robbery0
Fraud11
Theft without violence7
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.
6.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
33
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
15.0%
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· Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 15.0% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B+
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze has a lower adjusted death rate than 72% of compared French towns
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haute-Garonne, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 271 residents of Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze died, about as many as the 271 expected from France’s death rates at each age. Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze’s; allowing for it, deaths were 20% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze is Clinique D Occitanie, 9.6 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique D Occitanie
9.6 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
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze has higher unemployment than Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 11.5%
8%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €24,710 a year per consumption unit, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (€27,620) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.9% of commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
550
jobs based in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze, 0.6 per working resident
11.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Homes in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze cost less than in Haute-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €2,097/m²
€2,097/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
64 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.79/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze€2,097/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,090/m²
63
€12.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.04 to €15.60/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,650
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Volvestre
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze: 17% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Since 2026, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit3
15th c.
oldest protected part
1950
first monument protected
2026
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 28% of adults
44median age
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze is 44. Children under 15 count for 19% of the people here.
Saint-Sulpice-sur-LèzeHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze is a commune of 2,277 people in the Communauté de communes du Volvestre. 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
2,277 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Volvestre
Département
Haute-Garonne (31)
Région
Occitanie
Area
5.4 sq mi (14.1 km²)
INSEE code
31517
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze’s 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-Sulpice-sur-Lèze
Is Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze safe?
It grades B+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Is Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.52/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze grades C+ 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.
