Saint-Chinian has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,525/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Sud-Hérault. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Chinian 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
For walkability, Saint-Chinian ranks above 92% of compared French towns
At the census, 19.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,520 a year. 12.7% of people in the labour force have no job.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot14%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
800
jobs based in Saint-Chinian, 1.4 per working resident
12.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 38% of people in Saint-Chinian are 65 or over, more than in Hérault’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.6% of residents, below both Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 12% of residents.
58.3median age
Saint-ChinianHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Chinian than in Hérault’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.39/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
89 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Chinian, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,525/m². House rents are put at about €6.87/m² a month. Houses were 94% of what sold.
€1,525/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Chinian€1,525/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,543/m²
84
€10.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.17 to €13.21/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.87/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sud-Hérault
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Chinian keeps more of its old housing than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Chinian, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Saint-Chinian is 15.9 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (90 places) count their residents as Saint-Chinian’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. 3 GPs practise here. Life expectancy in Hérault: 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 391 residents of Saint-Chinian died, against 332 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Chinian · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Saint Privat
15 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Champeau Groupe Axe Sante
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Chinian has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
For 2025, the figures show 26 offenses in Saint-Chinian. With 800 jobs for 550 working residents, Saint-Chinian draws people in from neighbouring communes. Graded property crimes ran at 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.5 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: in 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
4.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage20
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud17
Theft without violence14
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.
4.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
63.1%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 63.1% 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.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Chinian
Is Saint-Chinian safe?
Saint-Chinian has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Saint-Chinian good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Chinian expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,525/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Chinian grades B for cost of living.
About Saint-Chinian
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Saint-Chinian is a commune of 1,811 people in the Communauté de communes Sud-Hérault. 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.
