La Clayette’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add schools to its strengths: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Incomes are on the low side: 1.9 jobs per working resident; 11.5% unemployment. It skews older: 42% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023. La Clayette 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 La Clayette 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.
Chapelle Sainte-Avoie: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de la Clayette: Photo: Wikinade · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Clayette.
Who lives here
Children make up only 9.8% of La Clayette, fewer than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
58.9median age
People 65 and over make up 42% of the town, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Graduates make up 21% of adults. Typical age in La Clayette: 58.9, the median.
La ClayetteSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
42%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A
Renting in La Clayette costs less than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.24/m² a month
€1,381/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,381/m², close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€1,438/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses were four fifths of what sold. Sales in La Clayette from July 2023 to June 2026: 56 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Clayette€1,381/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,441/m²
45
€7.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.55 to €9.43/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,240
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Brionnais Sud Bourgogne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Getting about on foot is easier in La Clayette than in 93% of compared French towns
21%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income is €23,410 a year per consumption unit. A fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 11.5%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot17%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,000
jobs based in La Clayette, 1.9 per working resident
11.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 93% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
La Clayette’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 61% of compared French towns
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to La Clayette is Ch du Pays Charolais Brionnais, 15.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 371 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 393, 6% more. Its care home for older people (87 places) counts its residents as La Clayette’s; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. Life expectancy in Saône-et-Loire: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in La Clayette · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch du Pays Charolais Brionnais
15.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch du Pays Charolais Brionnais
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
La Clayette keeps more of its old housing than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in La Clayette: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Château de la Clayette. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
La Clayette is a commune of 1,563 people in the Communauté de communes Brionnais Sud Bourgogne. 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
1,563 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Brionnais Sud Bourgogne
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.2 sq mi (3.1 km²)
INSEE code
71133
La Clayette’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Clayette
Is La Clayette safe?
La Clayette has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in La Clayette good?
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Clayette expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Clayette grades A for cost of living.
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.
