Is Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse a good place to live?
Homes sell for a median €2,767/m²: 70 m² comes to 7.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse. Its best grade is for jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.1% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for walkability. 54% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse 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-Pierre-de-Chartreuse 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse.
History
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse is rich in protected monuments: 80 per 10,000 residents, more than Isère’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Nearly a quarter of its homes were built before 1919, above Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse is Monastère de la Grande-Chartreuse. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century. Bridges and other works, 5 of the 8, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
72 deaths in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 85: 15% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse is Antenne Smur Aerodrome Versoud Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 8.9 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Isère is 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 2 general practitioners here.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne Smur Aerodrome Versoud Chu de Grenoble Alpes
9.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Nord Chu de Grenoble Alpes
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse hold a degree than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 54%
6.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Line up the people of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse by age and the one in the middle is 45.6. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, about level with Isère’s towns (21%) and below compared French towns (22%).
45.6median age
Saint-Pierre-de-ChartreuseIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma7%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education54%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse costs less than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.86/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse sell for €2,984/m² and apartments for €2,740/m². 69 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,767/m².
€2,767/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse€2,767/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,984/m²
30
Apartments
€2,740/m²
39
€10.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.45 to €13.97/m² a month)
7.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.07/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,950
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse has lower unemployment than Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 6.1%
Median disposable income comes to €28,570 a year per consumption unit. 15.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot10%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
350
jobs based in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, 0.7 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 51% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Violence against people averaged 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 26.9. The police record for Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse lists 21 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime locally was theft from vehicles (2025).
6.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles15
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Fraud8
Drug use0
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.
6.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
42.7%
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, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 42.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
Is Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse safe?
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,767/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse grades B− for cost of living.
About Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse is a commune of 1,003 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse. 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.
