Audenge grades B+ overall: better than 74% of compared French towns, and #19 of 100 in Gironde. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate.
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 Audenge 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Audenge sees less crime per resident than four in five compared French towns
Graded property crimes ran at 9.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.2 (2023–2025 average). Audenge’s tally for 2025: 149 recorded offenses. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
5.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage46
Family violence31
Burglary20
Theft from vehicles17
Vehicle theft14
Other physical violence11
Sexual violence10
Armed robbery0
Fraud75
Theft without violence40
Drug use23
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.
5.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
149
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.7%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C−
Homes in Audenge cost more than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,733/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Audenge sell for €3,818/m² and apartments for €3,667/m². Among the homes sold, 60% were houses. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.82/m² a month, close to Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€3,733/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Audenge€3,733/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,818/m²
228
Apartments
€3,667/m²
153
€13.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.73 to €16.28/m² a month)
9.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up only 15% of Audenge, fewer than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, above both Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town. The middle age in Audenge is 47.4.
47.4median age
AudengeGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Audenge has a lower adjusted death rate than 59% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Audenge. Its two care homes for older people (144 places) count their residents as Audenge’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,000 residents of Audenge died, against 1,016 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Audenge is Centre hospitalier D Arcachon, 7.6 mi away.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Audenge · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Arcachon
7.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Arcachon
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Audenge has 0.4 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Half of residents lived on more than €27,500 a year per consumption unit, close to Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 5.9% of Audenge’s working residents to work at the census.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport6%
Bicycle2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,600
jobs based in Audenge, 0.4 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,500
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
Mathias Le Turnier: Ray Rogers from Novato, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · André Labat: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain · Jacques Duvigneau: Lolo92110, CC BY-SA 4.0
Audenge’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 Audenge
Is Audenge safe?
It grades A− for safety, #18 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 46 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Audenge good?
They grade A+, better than 95% of compared French towns and #4 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Audenge expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Audenge grades C− for cost of living.
About Audenge
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Audenge is a commune of 9,596 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord. 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
9,596 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord
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.
