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A town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 2,168 people.
Saint-Alban-de-Roche’s best grade is for jobs & income (A): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on schools as well (C−) — bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Alban-de-Roche 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-Alban-de-Roche 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.
Saint-Alban-de-Roche has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Alban-de-Roche does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Alban-de-Roche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Mur de terrasse antique, in Bourgoin-Jallieu, 0.5 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Alban-de-Roche is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Alban-de-Roche.
5.9% of the labour force were unemployed, below Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Bus, tram or train carried 8.6% of working residents in Saint-Alban-de-Roche to work at the census. At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Saint-Alban-de-Roche didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 64 homes in Saint-Alban-de-Roche. Of the homes sold, 89% were houses. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €12.91/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,222/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Stephen HawkingNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 87%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Philibert DelormeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 320 | 92%−4 pts |
| Collège Savaldor AllendeBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 184 | 84%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted mortality in Saint-Alban-de-Roche: 95 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 156 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 149, 5% fewer.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.7% of residents, lower than both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Saint-Alban-de-Roche is 45 years old. 17% of residents are children under 15.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Alban-de-Roche | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
15 offenses were reported in Saint-Alban-de-Roche during 2025. Violence against people ran at 2.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.5 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was burglary (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and criminal damage, 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, 42.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Alban-de-Roche. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de Bourgoin-Jallieu4.2 km east, in Bourgoin-JallieuChâteauChâteauChâteau de Monbaly3.2 km northwest, in Vaulx-MilieuMuseumMuseumMusée-galerie Clauorum3.6 km east, in Bourgoin-JallieuChâteauChâteauChâteau de Chanille4.8 km north, in Saint-Marcel-Bel-AccueilChâteauChâteauChâteau de Césarges4.5 km south, in MaubecPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Saint-Alban-de-Roche.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Alban-de-Roche is a commune of 2,168 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alban-de-Roche | 2,168 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| L'Isle-d'Abeau | 17,515 | 1.5 | D | C− | D | B+ |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu | 30,151 | 2.4 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Villefontaine | 19,445 | 3.4 | D | C | D | B |
| Nivolas-Vermelle | 2,706 | 4.4 | — | C− | — | B |
| Saint-Savin | 4,323 | 4.8 | A− | C− | A | B+ |
| La Verpillière | 7,786 | 5 | D | C− | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Alban-de-Roche has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns. 92% of 320 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Philibert Delorme in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.89/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Alban-de-Roche grades C− for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.