Damiatte has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Damiatte 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 Damiatte.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Damiatte than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%
After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,250 a year per consumption unit. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Bus, tram or train carried 3.6% of working residents in Damiatte to work at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Damiatte, 0.4 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 25% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, Damiatte sees 88 deaths per 100 expected, against 80 in Tarn’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 85 residents of Damiatte died, against 96 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Damiatte is Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud, 8.4 mi away. The town has one family doctor. Women in Tarn live to 86.5 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Damiatte · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud
8.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud
86.5 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, near Tarn’s towns (9.2%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Damiatte is 46.3.
46.3median age
DamiatteTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Damiatte
Is Damiatte safe?
Damiatte has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Damiatte expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,028/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Damiatte grades B+ for cost of living.
About Damiatte
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Damiatte is a commune of 1,062 people in the Communauté de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout. 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
1,062 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout
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.