Where it does best is walkability: 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,835/m² takes 5.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Ventoux Sud.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Christol 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-Christol 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-Christol.
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Saint-Christol’s ages would predict, 106 per 100 expected, above Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Christol is Ch Avignon Antenne Smur site Ch D Apt, 11.9 mi away. 277 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 142: 94% above. Life expectancy in Vaucluse: 85.7 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 2 GPs practise locally.
+6%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw194
Adjusted106
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Christol · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Avignon Antenne Smur site Ch D Apt
21.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Manosque Louis Raffalli
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Saint-Christol are out of work than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: 19.1%
19.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income was €20,990 a year per consumption unit, below Vaucluse’s towns (€25,140) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving73%
On foot13%
Public transport5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter0%
350
jobs based in Saint-Christol, 1.6 per working resident
19.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 84% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Saint-Christol than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 6% are under 15
Graduates make up nearly one in ten adults. People aged 15 to 24 make up 16% of the town, above Vaucluse’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 16% of residents.
32median age
Saint-ChristolVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
16%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma52%
CAP or BEP15%
Baccalauréat7%
Higher education9%
Women and men · all residents
24% women, 76% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 32 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
1 historic monument in Saint-Christol, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Christol is Église paroissiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Pierre.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Homes in Saint-Christol cost less than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,835/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.79/m² a month, below both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.85/m² a month. 32 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Christol from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,835/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Christol€1,835/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,835/m²
32
€10.79/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.39 to €13.88/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Ventoux Sud
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Christol
Is Saint-Christol safe?
Saint-Christol has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Christol expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Christol grades B− for cost of living.
About Saint-Christol
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Christol is a commune of 1,409 people in the Communauté de communes Ventoux Sud. 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.
