Le Dorat’s strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is easy to get around without a car (B+): 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy is weaker than most: 1.9 jobs per working resident; 12.1% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Le Dorat 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 Le Dorat 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 Le Dorat.
Who lives here
Le Dorat has fewer young adults than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 4.9% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 7.9%, below Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 47% of residents are 65 or older. Among adults, 14% have a degree.
63.6median age
Le DoratHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
47%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
Homes in Le Dorat cost less than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €788/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.52/m² a month, near Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Le Dorat from July 2023 to June 2026: 77 houses and apartments. The sales split: 92% houses, the rest apartments.
€788/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Dorat€788/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€815/m²
71
€9.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.43 to €12.20/m² a month)
2.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,160
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Haut Limousin en Marche
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Le Dorat is 18 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Le Dorat can choose among 4 GPs. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, above both Haute-Vienne’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). 520 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 421: 24% above. Women in Haute-Vienne live to 84.4 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Le Dorat · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
18 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Poitiers site de Montmorillon
24.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Le Dorat run lower than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns: a median €21,740 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 12.1%, above Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot10%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
800
jobs based in Le Dorat, 1.9 per working resident
12.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Le Dorat keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Le Dorat is Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens. On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Dorat counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Since 1989, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Dorat
Is Le Dorat safe?
Le Dorat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 11.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Le Dorat expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Dorat grades A− for cost of living.
About Le Dorat
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Dorat is a commune of 1,529 people in the Communauté de communes Haut Limousin en Marche. 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.
