Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is jobs & income — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 15.6% unemployment. Health is weaker too (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median sale price is €946/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Gaultier 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-Gaultier 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Saint-Gaultier skews older, with 38% of residents 65 or over, more than Indre’s towns or compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.9% of the town. Children under 15 make up 12%, below Indre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Line up the people of Saint-Gaultier by age and the one in the middle is 55.8.
55.8median age
Saint-GaultierIndre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma38%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C−
Saint-Gaultier is 17.2 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (134 places) counts its residents as Saint-Gaultier’s; allowing for it, deaths were 3% above expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 387 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 541, 40% more. At birth, a girl in Indre can expect 84 years and a boy 76.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw140
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Gaultier · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chateauroux Antenne du Blanc
17.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier
84 · 76.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Gaultier has higher unemployment than Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 15.6%
Half of residents lived on more than €21,880 a year per consumption unit, below both Indre’s towns (€23,370) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 2.3% of Saint-Gaultier’s working residents to work at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot9%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
600
jobs based in Saint-Gaultier, 1.2 per working resident
15.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Gaultier
Is Saint-Gaultier safe?
Saint-Gaultier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Gaultier expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Gaultier grades A+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Gaultier
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Gaultier is a commune of 1,701 people in the Communauté de communes Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. 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
1,701 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse
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.
