Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−).
Figures: 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 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Ouen-en-Belin 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-Ouen-en-Belin 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-Ouen-en-Belin.
HousingCost of living A
A home in Saint-Ouen-en-Belin sells for €1,458/m², less than in Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.64/m² a month, about level with Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.84/m² a month. Sales in Saint-Ouen-en-Belin from July 2023 to June 2026: 36 houses and apartments.
€1,458/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Ouen-en-Belin€1,458/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Sarthe median€1,638/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,458/m²
36
€9.64/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.69 to €12.07/m² a month)
3.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.84/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,230
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Orée de Bercé - Belinois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Saint-Ouen-en-Belin loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 74 per 100 expected, below Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 69 residents of Saint-Ouen-en-Belin died, against 93 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Ouen-en-Belin is Centre Medico Chirugical du Mans, 9.2 mi away. In Sarthe, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw74
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Ouen-en-Belin · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre Medico Chirugical du Mans
9.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique du Tertre Rouge Pole Sante Sud
85.9 · 79.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Sarthe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Saint-Ouen-en-Belin than in Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 5.7%
6.6% of people in the labour force have no job. Half of residents lived on more than €26,370 a year per consumption unit, higher than Sarthe’s towns (€24,770) and near compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 3.4% of working residents in Saint-Ouen-en-Belin at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Saint-Ouen-en-Belin, 0.2 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,370
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
Who lives here
A younger town: only 16% of people in Saint-Ouen-en-Belin are 65 or over, fewer than in Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
Children are 21% of the town. 11% of residents are 15 to 24, above both Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 25% have a degree.
40.7median age
Saint-Ouen-en-BelinSarthe medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Ouen-en-Belin
Is Saint-Ouen-en-Belin safe?
Saint-Ouen-en-Belin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Ouen-en-Belin expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Ouen-en-Belin grades A for cost of living.
About Saint-Ouen-en-Belin
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Ouen-en-Belin is a commune of 1,313 people in the Communauté de communes Orée de Bercé - Belinois. 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.
