A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 41% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Saint-Clément-de-Rivière’s overall A puts it #3 of 84 in Hérault. That leaves it better than 94% of compared French towns. The local economy does well: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment. Buying in is costly (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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-Clément-de-Rivière 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.
Aqueduc Saint-Clément: Photo: Wolfgang Staudt · CC BY 2.0 · Aqueduc Saint-Clément (également sur commune de Saint-Clément-de-Rivière): Photo: Wolfgang Staudt · CC BY 2.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-Clément-de-Rivière sees fewer deaths than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 59 per 100 expected
−41%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Hérault live to 86.3 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 694 deaths in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière from 2016 to 2025; there were 443, 36% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Clément-de-Rivière can choose among 8 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw64
Adjusted59
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Lapeyronie Chu Montpellier
3.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu Montpellier Hopital Arnaud de Villeneuve
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 1.1 points above the expected rate
99%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Clément-de-Rivière, 98.1% passed the bac, higher than both Hérault’s towns (95.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #8 of 80 in Hérault.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière costs more than in both Hérault’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €4,219/m²
€4,219/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.77/m² a month, above both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 85% of what sold. 125 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Clément-de-Rivière€4,219/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,350/m²
106
€15.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.95 to €19.20/m² a month)
9.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,260
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Pic Saint-Loup
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
More people in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière hold a degree than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 64%
50.6median age
Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, above both Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are just over a third of the population. Under 15: 14% of residents.
Saint-Clément-de-RivièreHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma8%
CAP or BEP10%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education64%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Crime per resident in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière runs lower than in 74% of compared French towns
1.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded offenses in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière came to 91 in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 1.4 cases of violence against people and 15.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Jobs outnumber working residents in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière (2,450 to 2,000): it draws people in from around. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage35
Burglary26
Theft from vehicles25
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence84
Fraud44
Drug use8
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.
1.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
91
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.0%
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 family violence, other physical violence and sexual violence go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 9.0% 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 A
Incomes in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière run higher than in both Hérault’s towns and compared French towns: a median €39,010 a year per consumption unit
15%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 9.1%, lower than both Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 15.3% of commuters got to work without a car.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
Public transport7%
Bicycle5%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
2,450
jobs based in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière, 1.2 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€39,010
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Saint-Clément-de-Rivière is a commune of 5,218 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. 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
5,218 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Pic Saint-Loup
Département
Hérault (34)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4.9 sq mi (12.7 km²)
INSEE code
34247
Saint-Clément-de-Rivière’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-Clément-de-Rivière
Is Saint-Clément-de-Rivière safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #17 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière good?
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns and #8 of 80 in Hérault. 99% of 67 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph Pierre Rouge in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Clément-de-Rivière expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Clément-de-Rivière grades D 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.
