Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its schools fall short: brevet results 4.5 points below the expected rate. It lags on walkability as well (C+) — half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Didier 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-Didier 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-Didier.
HousingCost of living D
Homes in Saint-Didier cost more than in both Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,387/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 73 homes were sold in Saint-Didier. The sales split: 88% houses, the rest apartments. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.35/m² a month.
€3,387/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Didier€3,387/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,571/m²
64
€11.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.44 to €14.91/m² a month)
10
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.35/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (COVE)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 10% of Saint-Didier, fewer than in both Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
Two in five adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town, above Vaucluse’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: 8.3% of residents.
56median age
Saint-DidierVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education40%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
Exam results around Saint-Didier trail 74% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Didier, 87.5% passed the brevet, above Vaucluse’s towns (83.5%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.9 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Saint-Didier’s ages would predict, 79 per 100 expected, under Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 339 residents of Saint-Didier died, about as many as the 341 expected from France’s death rates at each age. Average lifespans in Vaucluse: 85.7 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 2 GPs practise in the town.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Didier · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
4.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Saint-Didier run higher than in both Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns: a median €27,620 a year per consumption unit
5.4% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. For its 800 residents in work, Saint-Didier has 550 jobs: 0.7 each. At the census, 5.9% of working residents in Saint-Didier didn’t travel to work at all.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
550
jobs based in Saint-Didier, 0.7 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 36% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Didier has 4 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Etablissement conventuel (ancien) dit Sainte-Garde-des-Champs: Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Thézan: Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Saint-Didier
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Saint-Didier as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Didier
Is Saint-Didier safe?
Saint-Didier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Didier good?
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Didier expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.86/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Didier grades D for cost of living.
About Saint-Didier
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Didier is a commune of 2,208 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (COVE). 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.
