Cubzac-les-Ponts’s strongest subject is schools: bac results 1.2 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Homes are dear (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at B, #40 of 100 in Gironde. That leaves it better than 56% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
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 Cubzac-les-Ponts 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
Who lives here
Children make up 21% of Cubzac-les-Ponts, above Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. 29% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and below Gironde’s towns (34%). Half the people of Cubzac-les-Ponts are older than 40.1.
40.1median age
Cubzac-les-PontsGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 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
HousingCost of living C
The median home in Cubzac-les-Ponts sells for €2,331/m², against €3,176/m² in Gironde’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €12.34/m² a month, lower than Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 94% houses, the rest apartments. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.27/m² a month.
€2,331/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cubzac-les-Ponts€2,331/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,340/m²
85
€12.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.39 to €14.67/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.27/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,490
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Less crime per resident in Cubzac-les-Ponts than in 67% of compared French towns
53 offenses were reported in Cubzac-les-Ponts during 2025. Violence against people averaged 7.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 10.7. The graded crime recorded most in the town was burglary (2025).
7.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary18
Criminal damage15
Family violence13
Theft from vehicles7
Fraud23
Theft without violence12
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.
7.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
53
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
14.6%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 14.6% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Fewer people in Cubzac-les-Ponts are out of work than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.4%
Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,750 a year. At the census, 2.9% of working residents in Cubzac-les-Ponts didn’t travel to work at all.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport7%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
300
jobs based in Cubzac-les-Ponts, 0.3 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,750
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 63% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Cubzac-les-Ponts keeps more of its old housing than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 11% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 13th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cubzac-les-Ponts, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
More deaths than expected: Cubzac-les-Ponts is above 51% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 151 residents of Cubzac-les-Ponts died, against 171 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Cubzac-les-Ponts is Polyclinique Bordeaux Rive Droite Cliniq Quatre Pavillons, 8.3 mi away. This Gironde town has 2 family doctors. In Gironde, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Cubzac-les-Ponts · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Bordeaux Rive Droite Cliniq Quatre Pavillons
8.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Bordeaux Rive Droite Cliniq Quatre Pavillons
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cubzac-les-Ponts
Is Cubzac-les-Ponts safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #33 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cubzac-les-Ponts good?
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #21 of 93 in Gironde. The lycée stands out: 99% of 120 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé STAM in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cubzac-les-Ponts expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Cubzac-les-Ponts grades C for cost of living.
About Cubzac-les-Ponts
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cubzac-les-Ponts is a commune of 2,693 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais. 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.
