Saint-Sardos’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too (D).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Sardos 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-Sardos 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.
Église Saint-Sacerdos: Photo: Bastien.pierre · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Sardos.
HealthHealth D−
Saint-Sardos loses more people than its age profile suggests, 117 per 100 expected, above Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
+17%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 75 deaths in Saint-Sardos from 2016 to 2025; there were 88, 17% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Sardos is Centre hospitalier de Montauban, 14.1 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Tarn-et-Garonne is 86.1 years for women and 79.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted117
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Sardos · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Montauban
14.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Montauban
86.1 · 79.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn-et-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
On foot, Saint-Sardos works less well than 87% of compared French towns
3%walk, cycle or take transit
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.4% of commuters at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,870 a year. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Saint-Sardos didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Saint-Sardos, 0.2 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 13% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Saint-Sardos costs less than in Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.33/m² a month
€1,716/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,716/m², comes from 47 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Sardos from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 85% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Sardos€1,716/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn-et-Garonne median€1,863/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,776/m²
40
€9.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.75 to €11.24/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,900
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Grand Sud Tarn et Garonne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Saint-Sardos are 65 or over: 17%, below Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
41.2median age
Children are a fifth of the town. Degrees are held by a quarter of adults, about level with Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (24%) and below compared French towns (30%). At 41.2, the median resident of Saint-Sardos sits in the middle of the age range.
Saint-SardosTarn-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn-et-Garonne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Saint-Sardos keeps more of its old housing than Tarn-et-Garonne’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 Saint-Sardos: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Sacerdos. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century.
Saint-Sardos is a commune of 1,120 people in the Communauté de communes Grand Sud Tarn et Garonne. 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
1,120 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Grand Sud Tarn et Garonne
Département
Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
Région
Occitanie
Area
10.4 sq mi (26.9 km²)
INSEE code
82173
Saint-Sardos’ 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 Saint-Sardos
Is Saint-Sardos safe?
Saint-Sardos has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Sardos expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,716/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Sardos 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.
