Cambes’s best grade is for jobs & income (B+): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 7.9% unemployment. The weak point is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,862/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Portes de l'Entre-Deux-Mers. It lags on walkability as well: 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Cambes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Cambes 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 Cambes.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Cambes run higher than in 85% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 297 residents of Cambes died, against 195 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 52% more. After the care-home adjustment, Cambes’ deaths ran at 104 per 100 expected, above Gironde’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88) alike. The nearest emergency department to Cambes is Nouvelle clinique Bordeaux Tondu, 6.6 mi away. This Gironde town has one family doctor.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw152
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Cambes · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Nouvelle clinique Bordeaux Tondu
7.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Msp Bordeaux Bagatelle
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Cambes than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4%
Unemployment stands at 7.9%. Half of residents lived on more than €28,600 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 3.2% of Cambes’ working residents to work at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
400
jobs based in Cambes, 0.5 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,600
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
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
Who lives here
More people in Cambes hold a degree than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 44%
Over-65s are 18% of the population. 8.2% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Cambes has a median age of 42.7.
42.7median age
CambesGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
18%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education44%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Cambes earns a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
54 sales of houses and apartments in Cambes, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,862/m². Houses are advertised at an estimated €11.26/m² a month. The sales split: 89% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,862/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cambes€2,862/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,952/m²
48
€12.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.24 to €14.89/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.26/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€30,030
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Portes de l'Entre-Deux-Mers
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cambes
Is Cambes safe?
Cambes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Cambes expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,862/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.35/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cambes grades B− for cost of living.
About Cambes
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cambes is a commune of 1,897 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes de l'Entre-Deux-Mers. 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
1,897 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Portes de l'Entre-Deux-Mers
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.
