Le Bouscat’s weakest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It does especially well on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 38% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a B− overall and a rank of #51 of 100 in Gironde. That leaves it better than nearly half of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Le Bouscat 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 Le Bouscat.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Le Bouscat gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 38.4% of commuters
Households’ median disposable income: €31,310 a year per consumption unit. Le Bouscat holds 6,300 jobs; 11,100 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. Public transport took 18.4% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
38%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving54%
Public transport18%
Bicycle15%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter4%
6,300
jobs based in Le Bouscat, 0.6 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Le Bouscat costs more than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €4,289/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.44/m² a month, above both Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses in Le Bouscat sell for €5,046/m² and apartments for €3,766/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €15.75/m² a month.
€4,289/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Bouscat€4,289/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,046/m²
536
Apartments
€3,766/m²
595
€15.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.18 to €19.57/m² a month)
11
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,270
median annual income per consumption unit, Bordeaux Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Le Bouscat run below what its ages would predict: 71 per 100 expected, fewer than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
38 GPs practise in Le Bouscat. Life expectancy in Gironde: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,992 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,445, 18% fewer.
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
38
GPs in Le Bouscat · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine
1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Le Bouscat than in 81% of compared French towns
In all, 724 offenses reached the police record in Le Bouscat in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.7 violent offenses and 25.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
4.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage237
Theft from vehicles213
Burglary110
Family violence60
Vehicle theft46
Other physical violence36
Sexual violence22
Theft without violence220
Fraud195
Drug use23
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.
4.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
724
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
2 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 5.8% of the total, close to Gironde’s towns (5.8%) and below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Le Bouscat is a graduates’ town: 53% hold a degree, more than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns
23% of residents are 65 or over, higher than Gironde’s towns (20%) and near compared French towns (22%). Le Bouscat has a median age of 43.3 years. Under-15s account for 17% of the population.
43.3median age
Le BouscatGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP15%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education53%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 82 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
Schools
93.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the 31 collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #41 of 93 in Gironde. At the 19 general lycées, 95% of 5,187 candidates passed the bac, 2.3 points below the expected rate.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Bouscat
Is Le Bouscat safe?
It grades C− for safety, #74 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 110 burglaries and 237 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Bouscat good?
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns and #41 of 93 in Gironde. 99% of 227 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Saint-Joseph de Tivoli in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Bouscat expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Bouscat grades D for cost of living.
About Le Bouscat
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Bouscat is a commune of 25,081 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
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.
