Work and incomes are strong: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment. Health is another plus (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, ranking #43 of 100 in Gironde. Nationally, it does better than 55% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for safety, B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Le Taillan-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 de la Dame Blanche: Photo: Chateaudutaillan · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Taillan-Médoc.
HousingCost of living D
A home in Le Taillan-Médoc sells for €3,486/m², more than in both Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
€3,486/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.46/m² a month, about level with Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €13.28/m² a month. Also worth knowing: of the homes sold, 82% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Taillan-Médoc€3,486/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,487/m²
280
Apartments
€3,481/m²
62
€14.46/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.02 to €17.38/m² a month)
8.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.28/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 B+
Le Taillan-Médoc has a lower adjusted death rate than 70% of compared French towns
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
733 deaths in Le Taillan-Médoc between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 816: 10% below. Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Le Taillan-Médoc’s; allowing for it, deaths were 19% below expected. Life expectancy at birth in Gironde is 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw90
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Le Taillan-Médoc · 5.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine
3.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Jean Villar
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Le Taillan-Médoc hold a degree than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 44%
43.2median age
Retirement age and beyond: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 18%, close to Gironde’s towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Le Taillan-Médoc by age and the one in the middle is 43.2.
Le Taillan-MédocGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education44%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% 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
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Incomes in Le Taillan-Médoc run higher than in both Gironde’s towns and compared French towns: a median €30,990 a year per consumption unit
11%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 6.9%, lower than both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.1% of working residents in Le Taillan-Médoc didn’t travel to work at all. 11.0% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport6%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot1%
1,750
jobs based in Le Taillan-Médoc, 0.3 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,990
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 64% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
90.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the six collèges within 5 km, 2.3 points below the expected rate
98%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 83% passed the bac pro, of 493 candidates at 4 lycées. Its schools’ results rank #31 of 93 in Gironde. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument in Le Taillan-Médoc, 1 classé
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Le Taillan-Médoc is Château de la Dame Blanche. The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 3.8% of the total, below Gironde’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
More crime per resident in Le Taillan-Médoc than in 57% of compared French towns
5.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in Le Taillan-Médoc. Over 2025, Le Taillan-Médoc logged 218 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 17.2.
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary63
Criminal damage48
Family violence36
Theft from vehicles32
Other physical violence16
Vehicle theft14
Sexual violence9
Fraud75
Theft without violence30
Drug use18
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.
5.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
218
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Le Taillan-Médoc is a commune of 11,073 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
Population
11,073 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Bordeaux Métropole
Département
Gironde (33)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.8 sq mi (15.1 km²)
INSEE code
33519
Le Taillan-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 Le Taillan-Médoc
Is Le Taillan-Médoc safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #57 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 63 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Taillan-Médoc good?
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #31 of 93 in Gironde. 99% of 475 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Sud Médoc - La Boétie 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 Taillan-Médoc expensive to live in?
By type: houses €3,487/m² (280 sales), apartments €3,481/m² (62 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Taillan-Médoc grades D 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.
