Housing is expensive (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too: 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also trails on jobs & income (C+): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 10.4% unemployment. 31% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 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.
Maison à cariatides: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Maison Silvestre: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Ferme du Cabaret, ancienne dépendance du domaine de Bourgane: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt.
History
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt is rich in protected monuments: 27 per 10,000 residents, more than in Vaucluse’s towns and across compared French towns
8historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Vaucluse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt is Château (ruines du). This Vaucluse town has 8 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 7 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 9th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
On foot, Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt works less well than 81% of compared French towns
6%walk, cycle or take transit
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.6% of commuters travelled at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €27,220 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Vaucluse’s towns (€25,140) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, nearly a tenth of working residents in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
550
jobs based in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt, 0.5 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,220
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
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
Older residents shape Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt: 32% are 65 or over, above Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
53.1median age
Children are 14% of the town. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.3% of the town, lower than both Vaucluse’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Typical age in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt: 53.1, the median.
Saint-Saturnin-lès-AptVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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
HousingCost of living C−
A home in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt sells for €3,684/m², more than in Vaucluse’s towns and across compared French towns
€3,684/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt is the second most expensive of the 47 towns in Vaucluse, at €3,684/m². The estimated advertised rent is €10.79/m² a month, below Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.85/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt€3,684/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,889/m²
115
€10.79/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.39 to €13.88/m² a month)
10.8
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
€23,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays d'Apt-Luberon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt sees more deaths than 60% of compared French towns
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (83 places) counts its residents as Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. At birth, a girl in Vaucluse can expect 85.7 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: this Vaucluse town has 2 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Avignon Antenne Smur site Ch D Apt
17.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi de Cavaillon Lauris
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
2.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
The commonest graded crime in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt was burglary (2025). Recorded offenses in the town came to 31 in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 2.3 violent offenses and 11.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary21
Criminal damage10
Armed robbery0
Fraud26
Theft without violence7
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
2.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
31
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
34.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 34.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Michel Field: Marc V.J. Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Henri Mille: Jojodebett, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt is a commune of 3,004 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Apt-Luberon. 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
3,004 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays d'Apt-Luberon
Département
Vaucluse (84)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
29.7 sq mi (76.8 km²)
INSEE code
84118
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt’s 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-Saturnin-lès-Apt
Is Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt safe?
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Is Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt grades C− 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.
