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Some 18,300 people live in this town, in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Buying in is costly (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on safety as well (C−) — an average of 8 recorded violent incidents and 21.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade comes out at D, #90 of 100 in Gironde. On that grade it does better than 12% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Floirac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Floirac 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.
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Floirac has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2000.
2.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Floirac. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Saint-André de Bordeaux4.2 km west, in Bordeaux
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux4.5 km west, in Bordeaux
AttractionPlace des Quinconces3.9 km west, in Bordeaux
MuseumBase sous-marine de Bordeaux4.5 km northwest, in Bordeaux
MuseumCité du Vin3.4 km northwest, in BordeauxPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Floirac.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,560 a year per consumption unit. 8,050 jobs are based in Floirac, for 7,800 working residents (1 per worker). Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.21/m² a month, about level with Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in Floirac sell for €3,105/m², houses for €3,292/m². Among the homes sold, 52% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,292/m² | 248 |
| Apartments | €3,105/m² | 230 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 567 offenses in Floirac in 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Floirac is 91.6%, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Gironde’s towns (93.5%). Its collèges and lycées rank #73 of 93 in Gironde on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Nelson MandelaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 91 | 66%−13 pts |
| Lycée privé Sainte-Marie Bastide PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 311 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège BlanquiBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 67 | 88%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are nearly a fifth of the town. Floirac has a median age of 39.8.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Floirac | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Houses and mansions, 3 of the 5, make up the bulk. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 2.9% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
23 GPs practise in Floirac. Its two care homes for older people (140 places) count their residents as Floirac’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. 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 1,344 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,306, 3% fewer.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Floirac has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Église Saint-Vincent: Photo: William Ellison · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Domaine du Castel: Photo: BlueGinkgo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers: Photo: C.B. · Public domain
7 notable people were born in Floirac.
Alain Castet: MKoala, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Antoine de Rochebrune: Paristocrate, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Raphaël Dinelli: GOAgency Permission=attribution required (GFDL), CC BY 3.0 · Anita Molinero: Camille Gouget, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Michel Barouille: Txo30, CC BY-SA 4.0
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It grades C− for safety, #72 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 65 burglaries and 190 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns and #73 of 93 in Gironde. The lycée stands out: 100% of 311 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Sainte-Marie Bastide 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.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Floirac grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Floirac is a commune of 18,300 people in the Bordeaux Métropole. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.