The picture is mixed. At C+ overall, Belin-Béliet is better than 44% of compared French towns and ranks #57 of 100 in Gironde. Most journeys need a car: 52% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying in is costly (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it does best is safety: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Belin-Béliet 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 Belin-Béliet.
Safety
Belin-Béliet records less crime per resident than nine in ten compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Belin-Béliet, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
4.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage42
Family violence26
Burglary16
Other physical violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud46
Theft without violence17
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.
4.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
91
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.1%
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 sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 8.1% of the index here.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Fewer commuters in Belin-Béliet walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 4.3%
Per resident in work, Belin-Béliet counts 0.4 jobs (1,200 jobs, 2,900 workers). At the census, 2.8% of working residents in Belin-Béliet didn’t travel to work at all. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,500 a year per consumption unit.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,200
jobs based in Belin-Béliet, 0.4 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,500
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
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
Children make up 20% of Belin-Béliet, above Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, below both Gironde’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. Aged 15 to 24: 9.5% of residents.
41.1median age
Belin-BélietGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C
A typical home in Belin-Béliet sells for €2,786/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €11.48/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €13.29/m² a month, close to Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Belin-Béliet recorded 225 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,786/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Belin-Béliet€2,786/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,777/m²
218
€13.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.61 to €16.65/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Val de l'Eyre
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Belin-Béliet is 18.2 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (71 places) counts its residents as Belin-Béliet’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Belin-Béliet can choose among 4 GPs. Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 485 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 502, 3% more.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Belin-Béliet · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
18.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Arcachon
18.2 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
Croix de cimetière: Photo: Superbass · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fontaine Saint-Clair: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0 · Obélisque dit Croix des Pèlerins: Photo: William Ellison · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Pierre de Mons: Photo: Superbass · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Belin-Béliet
Is Belin-Béliet safe?
It grades A for safety, #4 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 42 acts of criminal damage.
Is Belin-Béliet expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Belin-Béliet grades C for cost of living.
About Belin-Béliet
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Belin-Béliet is a commune of 6,275 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de l'Eyre. 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.
