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Saint-Étienne
Metropolis · 42000 · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
👥 Population
173 136
2023 · INSEE
🏠 Median price /m²
1 346 €
📈 1% since 2015
💰 Gross yield
8.8 %
rent / purchase price
⚡ Avg. energy rating
D
✅ 9.7 % energy sieves (F-G) (F-G)
🎯 Investment score Good
Saint-Étienne — Score 67/100.
67
💰 Yield75
🌳 Quality of life80
📊 Dynamism100
💸 Affordability73
🛡️ Safety9
⚡ Energy rating62
🏠 Property prices
DVF · 3 286 Transactions · Saint-Étienne
🏢 Apt. /m²
1 346 €
🏡 House /m²
2 131 €
📋 Transactions
3 286
📈 Price per m² evolution (2020 — 2024)
📊 Annual transaction volume
📊 Nearby municipalities
| City | Apt. | House | Trans. | Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Étienne | 1 346 € | 2 131 € | 3566 | 173 136 |
| Saint-Chamond | 1 438 € | 2 330 € | 418 | 35 646 |
| Roanne | 1 469 € | 1 730 € | 932 | 35 409 |
| Firminy | 1 176 € | 2 059 € | 250 | 17 060 |
| Montbrison | 2 088 € | 2 258 € | 240 | 16 123 |
| Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert | 2 319 € | 2 875 € | 189 | 15 764 |
💰 Rental yield
Calculated from DVF prices and observed rents
🏠 Average rent
9.88 €/m²
monthly
💰 Gross yield
8.8 %
⏳ Payback period
11.4 years
🏘️ Rental market & tension
INSEE Housing Stock 2021 · Pinel ABC zoning · Tense areas
🏠 Main residences
85.3 %
🏖️ Secondary homes
2.3 %
🚪 Vacant homes
12.5 %
🏢 Apartments
86.9 %
10.8 % houses
🎯 Pinel zoneⓘOfficial Pinel zoning. A Bis = very high tension (Paris, French Riviera), A = high tension (metropolises), B1 = moderate, B2 = low, C = relaxed market.
B2
Low tension
⚖️ Tense area (ALUR law)ⓘTense area under article 232 of the French Tax Code (CGI) / ALUR law. Enables rent control and applies the vacant housing tax.
No
Free rents
🏢 Social housing units
19 521
RPLS source
💶 Local taxation
REI · DGFIP · Exercice 2024
🏠 Property tax (built)ⓘMunicipal property tax rate on built properties (TFB). Applied to the cadastral rental value to calculate the owner's annual property tax.
48.160 %
Global rate 2024
🌾 Property tax (unbuilt)ⓘMunicipal property tax rate on unbuilt properties (TFNB): land, fields, forests.
86.570 %
🏘️ Housing tax
34.760 %
Secondary homes
🗑️ Waste collection taxⓘTEOM — Household Waste Collection Tax. Applied by the municipality or intermunicipality to finance waste collection and treatment.
8.300 %
🌾 Land tax (unbuilt) REI
48.62 %
👥 Demographics
API Geo + INSEE
🧑🤝🧑 Inhabitants
173 136
2023
📐 Area
80.03 km²
2163 inh/km²
💶 Median income
19 010 €
📊 Median age
37.4 yrs
40.8% under 30
💼 Activity rate
68.0 %
ages 15-64
📉 Unemployment rate
19.6 %
2021 census
🎯 Poverty rateⓘShare of population living below the poverty line (60% of national median income). Source FILOSOFI 2021, calculated only for municipalities ≥ 2,000 inhabitants.
28.0 %
60% FILOSOFI threshold
🏢 Local economy & dynamism
SIRENE · INSEE
🏢 Active businesses
40 589
SIRENE database 2026
✨ 2024 creations
4 113
+16.6% vs 2023
📊 2023 creations
3 528
💼 Economic density
234
Businesses / 1,000 pop.
🚉 Transport & accessibility
SNCF Open Data · INSEE Urban Areas 2020
🚆 Nearest train station
Saint-Étienne Le Clapier
À 1.71 km · Segment C
🏙️ Urban attraction areaⓘUrban Attraction Areas (INSEE 2020): municipal classification based on commuting relationships with urban hubs. Main hub / secondary / suburban crown / outside.
Saint-Étienne
Main hub
🏛️ IntercommunalityⓘEPCI — Public Establishment for Intermunicipal Cooperation. Community of communes, agglomeration, urban or metropolitan community grouping the municipality with its neighbors.
Saint-Étienne Métropole
EPCI
📍 Rail access
Excellent
Station distance
🎓 Education
National Education API
📚 Schools
14
🏫 Middle schools
18
🎓 High schools
9
🏆 Baccalaureate results
| High school | Type | Pass rate | Honors | V.A. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYCEE SAINT PAUL | privé sous contrat | 99.0 % | — | +0.0 |
| EXTERNAT SAINT MICHEL | privé sous contrat | 99.0 % | — | +0.0 |
| LYCEE JEAN MONNET | public | 97.0 % | — | +1.0 |
| LYCEE LA SALESIENNE (GENERAL ET TECHNO.) | privé sous contrat | 96.0 % | — | +0.0 |
| LYCEE TEZENAS DU MONTCEL | privé sous contrat | 95.0 % | — | -1.0 |
| LYCEE CLAUDE FAURIEL | public | 92.0 % | — | -5.0 |
| LYCEE ETIENNE MIMARD | public | 90.0 % | — | -6.0 |
| LYCEE HONORE D'URFE | public | 89.0 % | — | -4.0 |
| LYCEE LA SALLE SAINT LOUIS SAINTE BARBE | privé sous contrat | 87.0 % | — | -9.0 |
🎯 Brevet exam (2021)ⓘBrevet (DNB) — French middle school exam. The rate shown is the average across public and private middle schools in the municipality, latest published session.
84.0 %
Average pass rate · 25 middle schools
📊 Niveau social des établissements
Indicateur Éducation nationale du milieu social des élèves (moyenne nationale ≈ 103). Plus élevé = plus favorisé.
🏫 Middle school IPS
| Middle school | Sector | IPS |
|---|---|---|
| COLLEGE PRIVE EXTERNAT SAINT MICHEL | privé sous contrat | 116.6 |
| COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT PAUL | privé sous contrat | 114.4 |
| COLLEGE PRIVE LES CHARTREUX SAINTE FAMILLE | privé sous contrat | 114.2 |
| COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME D ESPERANCE | privé sous contrat | 107.9 |
| COLLEGE LES CHAMPS | public | 102.1 |
| COLLEGE PRIVE TEZENAS DU MONTCEL | privé sous contrat | 94.1 |
| COLLEGE LE PORTAIL ROUGE | public | 93.4 |
| COLLEGE GAMBETTA | public | 90.5 |
| COLLEGE PRIVE ENSEMBLE SCOLAIRE LA SALLE | privé sous contrat | 89.5 |
| COLLEGE ARISTIDE BRIAND | public | 89.0 |
| COLLEGE CLAUDE FAURIEL | public | 86.9 |
| COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE MARIE | privé sous contrat | 83.8 |
| COLLEGE HONORE D URFE | public | 83.7 |
| COLLEGE PRIVE LES MARISTES ST ETIENNE | privé sous contrat | 83.6 |
| COLLEGE PUITS DE LA LOIRE | public | 74.7 |
| COLLEGE JEAN DASTE | public | 70.9 |
| COLLEGE MARC SEGUIN | public | 69.1 |
| COLLEGE JULES VALLES | public | 62.6 |
🏥 Healthcare
BPE · FINESS
🏥 Hospitals
3
💊 Pharmacies
47
🔬 Laboratories
9
🏥 Établissements de santé
329
Source FINESS
👵 EHPAD
23
💊 Pharmacies
47
🏪 Amenities & services
BPE · INSEE
📋 Services_publics
3109
📋 Commerce
1153
📋 Enseignement
242
🏥 Sante
1745
🚆 Transport
81
⚽ Sport
289
🎭 Culture
62
🏛️ Public services
Public Service Directory API · 14 services
| Category | Qty | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| 📋 service public | 9 | Université Saint-Étienne - Jean-Monnet - Cap Avenir, France services - Saint-Étienne (itinérant) - UDAF, Service de la publicité foncière et de l'enregistrement (SPFE) - Saint-Etienne |
| 🏛️ Préfecture, sous-préfecture | 2 | Service de l'action territoriale - Loire, Service des migrations et de l'intégration - Loire |
| 📋 Service déconcentré | 1 | Groupement de gendarmerie départementale - Loire |
| 📋 Établissement public | 1 | Centre régional de pharmacovigilance - Saint-Etienne |
| 📋 Association d'utilité publique | 1 | Société d'aménagement foncier et d'établissement rural (Safer) - Loire |
🛡️ Safety
SSMSI · SSMSI · Ministry of the Interior
| Indicator | Incidents | Rate ‰ | Nat. average | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vols sans violence contre des personnes | 2 643 | 15.30 ‰ | 7.3 ‰ | +110 % vs moy. |
| Destructions et dégradations volontaires | 2 627 | 15.20 ‰ | 7.2 ‰ | +111 % vs moy. |
| Vols dans les véhicules | 1 845 | 10.70 ‰ | 5.2 ‰ | +106 % vs moy. |
| Usage de stupéfiants | 1 418 | 8.20 ‰ | 8.4 ‰ | Dans la moyenne |
| Escroqueries et fraudes aux moyens de paiement | 1 216 | 7.00 ‰ | 6.3 ‰ | Dans la moyenne |
| Usage de stupéfiants (AFD) | 1 135 | 6.60 ‰ | 7.5 ‰ | Dans la moyenne |
| Cambriolages de logement | 1 005 | 9.90 ‰ | 7.5 ‰ | +32 % vs moy. |
| Vols violents sans arme | 765 | 4.40 ‰ | 1.0 ‰ | +340 % vs moy. |
| Violences physiques hors cadre familial | 750 | 4.30 ‰ | 4.0 ‰ | Dans la moyenne |
| Violences physiques intrafamiliales | 680 | 3.90 ‰ | 4.2 ‰ | Dans la moyenne |
| Vols d'accessoires sur véhicules | 633 | 3.70 ‰ | 3.7 ‰ | Dans la moyenne |
| Vols de véhicule | 487 | 2.80 ‰ | 2.4 ‰ | +17 % vs moy. |
| Violences sexuelles | 262 | 1.50 ‰ | 2.4 ‰ | -38 % vs moy. |
| Trafic de stupéfiants | 105 | 0.60 ‰ | 2.2 ‰ | -73 % vs moy. |
| Vols avec armes | 46 | 0.30 ‰ | 0.6 ‰ | -50 % vs moy. |
⚡ Energy performance
1 584 DPE · ADEME
📊 Energy rating distribution
A
0.5 %
B
1.7 %
C
15.8 %
15.8 %
D
40.5 %
40.5 %
E
31.8 %
31.8 %
F
8.2 %
8.2 %
G
1.5 %
9.7 % energy sieves (F-G) (F+G) — Nat. average : 17 %
💶 Energy rating impact on price per m²
🏛️ Historical heritage
Mérimée database · 40 protected monuments
| Building | Era |
|---|---|
| monument | 20e siècle |
| kiosque | 3e quart 19e siècle;1er quart 20e siècle |
| maison | 16e siècle |
| chapelle | 1ère moitié 18e siècle |
| immeuble | 1er quart 20e siècle |
| usine d'armes;usine de cycles | 4e quart 19e siècle;1er quart 20e siècle |
| immeuble | 2e quart 20e siècle |
| bourse | 1er quart 20e siècle |
| immeuble | 1er quart 20e siècle |
| immeuble | 1er quart 20e siècle |
⚠️ Natural and technological risks
Géorisques API · 19 risks identified
Tempête et grains (vent)
Affaissements et effondrements d'origine anthropique (anciennes carrières souterraines, hors mines)
Eboulement ou chutes de pierres et de blocs
Effondrements localisés
Engins de guerre
Glissement de terrain
Glissements ou mouvements de pente
Tassements
Tassements différentiels
Affaissement minier
Mouvement de terrain
Par une crue torrentielle ou à montée rapide de cours d'eau
Par une crue à débordement lent de cours d'eau
Phénomène lié à l'atmosphère
Radon
Rupture de barrage
Inondation
Séisme
Risque industriel
📡 Digital coverage
ARCEP
📶 Ultra-fast broadband
100.0 %
💧 Drinking water quality
API Hub'Eau · 114 974 analyses · SAUR
⚗️ Physicochemistry
✅ Compliant
📋 analyses
114 974
⚡ EV charging stations
IRVE
🔌 Stations
523
⚡ Charge points
3998
🚀 Incl. fast charging
121
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Same region, score close to
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📍 Nearby municipalities
Nearest geographically
| City | Distance | Score | Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Ricamarie | 2.2 km | 62/100 | 8 039 |
| Roche-la-Molière | 3.0 km | 54/100 | 9 843 |
| Le Chambon-Feugerolles | 4.3 km | 47/100 | 12 314 |
| Saint-Genest-Lerpt | 4.3 km | 49/100 | 6 181 |
| Villars | 5.0 km | 62/100 | 7 664 |
| Saint-Priest-en-Jarez | 5.6 km | 44/100 | 6 471 |
| Saint-Romain-les-Atheux | 6.7 km | 40/100 | 956 |
| L'Étrat | 7.8 km | 47/100 | 2 879 |
❓ Frequently asked questions about Saint-Étienne
What is the price per m² in Saint-Étienne? ▶
The median price per m² in Saint-Étienne is 1 346 €.
What is the rental yield in Saint-Étienne? ▶
The gross rental yield in Saint-Étienne is 8.8%.
Is Saint-Étienne a good real estate investment? ▶
Saint-Étienne has a ScorCity score of 67/100, making it an interesting investment.
What is the average energy rating in Saint-Étienne? ▶
The most common energy rating class in Saint-Étienne is D.
What are the natural risks in Saint-Étienne? ▶
19 risks are identified in Saint-Étienne: Tempête et grains (vent), Affaissements et effondrements d'origine anthropique (anciennes carrières souterraines, hors mines), Eboulement ou chutes de pierres et de blocs.