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This town in Oise, Hauts-de-France has a population of 5,810.
Saint-Just-en-Chaussée’s weakest subject is safety — an average of 16.8 recorded violent incidents and 16.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. It is easy to get around without a car: 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 27% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,735/m² costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Plateau Picard. The overall grade lands at D, #47 of 56 in Oise. Nationally, it does better than 8% of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (D) — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 15.2% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
The 2 things Saint-Just-en-Chaussée does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Brunvillers-la-Motte, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée.
The jobless rate is 15.2%. At the census, 13.6% of working residents in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). For 2025, the figures show 231 offenses locally.
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 armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #40 of 55 in Oise. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 8.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louise MichelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 172 | 81%−4 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.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Just-en-Chaussée can choose among 6 GPs. Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Just-en-Chaussée records 102 deaths per 100 expected, above Oise’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88) alike. 724 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 555: 30% above. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Just-en-Chaussée is Ch Clermont, 8.8 mi away.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, higher than both Oise’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are nearly a fifth of the town. The age that splits Saint-Just-en-Chaussée in two is 41.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée sell for €1,608/m², houses for €1,742/m². The median price, €1,735/m², comes from 176 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 79% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,742/m² | 139 |
| Apartments | €1,608/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Just-en-Chaussée. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée.
René Just Haüy: Ambroise Tardieu (1788-1841), Public domain · Valentin Haüy: Antoine Louis François Sergent dit Sergent-Marceau / After Marie-Geneviève Favart, Public domain · Eugène Derveloy: Revue Femina, Public domain
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-Just-en-Chaussée | 5,810 | — | D | B | D | C− |
| Fitz-James | 2,514 | 7.9 | — | C | — | C |
| Agnetz | 3,058 | 8.2 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Clermont | 10,564 | 8.8 | D | C+ | C− | D− |
| Breuil-le-Vert | 3,183 | 9.7 | B | C | A− | B− |
| Bresles | 4,029 | 11 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Breteuil | 4,222 | 11 | C+ | C+ | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #50 of 56 in Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 70 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns and #40 of 55 in Oise. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,735/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Just-en-Chaussée grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Just-en-Chaussée is a commune of 5,810 people in the Communauté de communes du Plateau Picard. 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
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.