Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is jobs & income: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.6% unemployment. It lags on walkability as well (C): 57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Cussac-Fort-Médoc 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 Cussac-Fort-Médoc 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.
Château Bernones: Photo: PA · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Médoc: Photo: Jibi44 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cussac-Fort-Médoc.
Who lives here
Few people in Cussac-Fort-Médoc are 65 or over: 15%, below Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
39.9median age
21% of residents are children under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, higher than both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Cussac-Fort-Médoc is 39.9.
Cussac-Fort-MédocGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% 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 B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Cussac-Fort-Médoc than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.01/m² a month
€2,360/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €2,360/m², below Gironde’s towns (€3,176/m²) and close to compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses accounted for 96% of sales, apartments for the rest. Sales in Cussac-Fort-Médoc from July 2023 to June 2026: 54 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cussac-Fort-Médoc€2,360/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,360/m²
52
€10.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.82 to €12.81/m² a month)
5.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.91/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,150
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Médoc Estuaire
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Cussac-Fort-Médoc than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3%
6%walk, cycle or take transit
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,030 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Cussac-Fort-Médoc went to work by public transport. A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, close to both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
300
jobs based in Cussac-Fort-Médoc, 0.3 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in Cussac-Fort-Médoc, 92 per 100, but more than in both Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
116 deaths in Cussac-Fort-Médoc between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 126: 8% below. Women in Gironde live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Cussac-Fort-Médoc is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 3.8 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw92
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Cussac-Fort-Médoc · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde
3.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
2 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2017
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 13% of the total, above Gironde’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2017. On the Culture ministry’s list, Cussac-Fort-Médoc counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Fort Médoc.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Cussac-Fort-Médoc has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
4.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
All told, Cussac-Fort-Médoc had 14 recorded offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 8. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was burglary (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary7
Criminal damage7
Armed robbery0
Fraud8
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
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
40.7%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, 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, 40.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Cussac-Fort-Médoc is a commune of 2,279 people in the Communauté de communes Médoc Estuaire. 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
2,279 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Médoc Estuaire
Département
Gironde (33)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
9.4 sq mi (24.4 km²)
INSEE code
33146
Cussac-Fort-Médoc’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 Cussac-Fort-Médoc
Is Cussac-Fort-Médoc safe?
Cussac-Fort-Médoc has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
Is Cussac-Fort-Médoc expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Cussac-Fort-Médoc grades B+ 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.
