Is Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux a good place to live?
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Crime is low (A+): an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux’s overall grade is A−, better than just over four fifths of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #15 of 29 in Vienne. Households here earn well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 6.5% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car: 42% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,031/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine du Grand Poitiers. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B for health.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux 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.
Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1932.
Ernest Albert-Favre, born in 1868, is the one person born in Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux.
Safety
Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux sees less crime per resident than 98% of compared French towns
No compared town in Vienne has less graded crime per resident than Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux: it ranks first of 29. Its tally for 2025: 54 recorded offenses. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage23
Family violence11
Burglary11
Sexual violence9
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
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.
3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
54
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
14.8%
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 · For other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 14.8% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux, 6.5%, runs below Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income is €27,930 a year for each consumption unit.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
750
jobs based in Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux, 0.4 per working resident
6.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 22% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux: 2 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux is Dolmen d'Aillé. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, between Vienne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux sees fewer deaths than 58% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux’s deaths ran at 85 per 100 expected, higher than Vienne’s towns (80) and near compared French towns (88). 408 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 405: 1% above. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux is Polyclinique de Poitiers, 7.6 mi away. In Vienne, women can expect to live 85.8 years and men 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique de Poitiers
7.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique du Fief de Grimoire
85.8 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children make up 18% of Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux, above Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
21% of residents have reached 65. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.7% of residents, close to Vienne’s towns (10%) and below compared French towns (11%). At 44.6, the median resident of Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux sits in the middle of the age range.
44.6median age
Saint-Georges-lès-BaillargeauxVienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux gets a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,031/m², comes from 99 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.89/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.37/m² a month, above Vienne’s towns (€10.33/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,031/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux€2,031/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vienne median€1,790/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,978/m²
97
€11.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.54 to €13.57/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.89/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,460
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine du Grand Poitiers
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 3.2 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux, 98.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Vienne’s towns (93.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 1.7 mi away. Schools rank #7 of 26 in Vienne.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux
Is Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 29 in Vienne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux good?
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns and #7 of 26 in Vienne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,031/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux grades B− for cost of living.
About Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux is a commune of 4,385 people in the Communauté urbaine du Grand Poitiers. 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.
