Where it falls short is schools: brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. It lags on cost of living as well: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Castres-Gironde has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Castres-Gironde 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.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Castres-Gironde.
Who lives here
A town of families: 23% of people in Castres-Gironde are under 15, more than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns
37median age
Degrees are held by 36% of adults, about level with Gironde’s towns (34%) and above compared French towns (30%). 13% of residents are 65 or over. Half the people of Castres-Gironde are older than 37.
Castres-GirondeGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education36%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
Exam results around Castres-Gironde trail 90% of compared French towns
85.0%passed the brevetDSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Castres-Gironde, 85.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, lower than both Gironde’s towns (89.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.1 mi away. The nearest collège is 2.4 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
A typical home in Castres-Gironde sells for €2,793/m²
€2,793/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Estimated advertised rent for houses: €12.39/m² a month. Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.51/m² a month, about level with Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Castres-Gironde€2,793/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,808/m²
69
€13.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.62 to €17.20/m² a month)
6.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.39/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Montesquieu
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument in Castres-Gironde, 1 classé
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Castres-Gironde is Église Saint-Martin. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 12%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Castres-Gironde sees 91 deaths per 100 expected, against 84 in Gironde’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Gironde can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 144 deaths in Castres-Gironde from 2016 to 2025; there were 131, 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Castres-Gironde is Msp Bagatelle site Robert Picque, 9.6 mi away. This Gironde town has 4 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Castres-Gironde · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Msp Bagatelle site Robert Picque
10.3 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
Fewer people in Castres-Gironde are out of work than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.0%
9%walk, cycle or take transit
Median disposable income comes to €28,050 a year per consumption unit. Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport7%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
500
jobs based in Castres-Gironde, 0.4 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,050
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 51% of compared French towns
Castres-Gironde is a commune of 2,695 people in the Communauté de communes de Montesquieu. 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
2,695 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Montesquieu
Département
Gironde (33)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
2.7 sq mi (7 km²)
INSEE code
33109
Castres-Gironde’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 Castres-Gironde
Is Castres-Gironde safe?
Castres-Gironde has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Castres-Gironde good?
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #79 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Castres-Gironde expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Castres-Gironde grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
