Households here earn well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.6% unemployment. It also does well on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car: 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Cost of living is weaker too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Just-Chaleyssin has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Just-Chaleyssin 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Chapelle Saint-Just · Inscrit · Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Just-Chaleyssin’s story
Saint-Just-Chaleyssin in pictures
Saint-Just-Chaleyssin has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1991.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Just-Chaleyssin.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Saint-Just-Chaleyssin run higher than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns: a median €31,820 a year per consumption unit
4.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The census found 3.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Saint-Just-Chaleyssin didn’t travel to work at all.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
700
jobs based in Saint-Just-Chaleyssin, 0.5 per working resident
4.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,820
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 19% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Homes in Saint-Just-Chaleyssin cost more than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,411/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.08/m² a month, above both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Saint-Just-Chaleyssin recorded 66 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €13.42/m² a month.
€3,411/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Just-Chaleyssin€3,411/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,400/m²
59
€14.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.59 to €17.11/m² a month)
7.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.42/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€30,390
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Collines Isère Nord Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than expected: Saint-Just-Chaleyssin is below 68% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Saint-Just-Chaleyssin. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 82 per 100 expected, near Isère’s towns (84) and lower than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 144 residents of Saint-Just-Chaleyssin died, against 176 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Just-Chaleyssin is Centre hospitalier Lucien Hussel de Vienne, 6.9 mi away.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Just-Chaleyssin · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Lucien Hussel de Vienne
6.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Lucien Hussel de Vienne
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Degrees are more common in Saint-Just-Chaleyssin than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: 42% of adults
People aged 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Children under 15 make up 20%, above Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 19% of residents are 65 or older.
43.5median age
Saint-Just-ChaleyssinIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education42%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Saint-Just-Chaleyssin has 1 historic monument, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. 9.8% of its homes were built before 1919, above Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Saint-Just-Chaleyssin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Over 2025, Saint-Just-Chaleyssin logged 45 recorded offenses. Violence against people averaged 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9.4. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes locally, burglary came up most often (2025).
3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary16
Family violence12
Vehicle theft9
Criminal damage8
Armed robbery0
Fraud38
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.
3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
45
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
29.3%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 29.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
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Famous people from Saint-Just-Chaleyssin
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Just-Chaleyssin yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Just-Chaleyssin
Is Saint-Just-Chaleyssin safe?
Saint-Just-Chaleyssin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
Is Saint-Just-Chaleyssin expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Just-Chaleyssin grades C for cost of living.
About Saint-Just-Chaleyssin
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Just-Chaleyssin is a commune of 2,695 people in the Communauté de communes Collines Isère Nord Communauté. 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
2,695 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Collines Isère Nord Communauté
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.
