The weak point is safety: an average of 12 recorded violent incidents and 32.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lège-Cap-Ferret grades C− overall, better than 17% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #83 of 100 in Gironde. Cost of living is weaker too — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 24.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay hold up well: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Lège-Cap-Ferret 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.
Chapelle Sainte-Marie-du-Cap: Photo: Lilipiapia · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lège-Cap-Ferret.
Safety
Lège-Cap-Ferret sees more crime per resident than 97% of compared French towns
12recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded offenses in Lège-Cap-Ferret came to 303 in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage100
Theft from vehicles48
Burglary44
Other physical violence32
Sexual violence29
Family violence26
Vehicle theft24
Theft without violence172
Fraud59
Drug use26
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.
12
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
32.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
303
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Lège-Cap-Ferret costs more than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €10,195/m²
€10,195/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Gironde costs more to buy into than Lège-Cap-Ferret, at €10,195/m², the highest of 113. Apartments in Lège-Cap-Ferret sell for €9,808/m², houses for €10,562/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €15.66/m² a month, above both Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lège-Cap-Ferret€10,195/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€10,562/m²
503
Apartments
€9,808/m²
99
€15.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.75 to €20.88/m² a month)
24.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.19/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Lège-Cap-Ferret: 38% are 65 or over, above Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
57.7median age
Children under 15 make up 11%, below Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.3% of the town. Among adults, 37% have a degree.
Lège-Cap-FerretGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
More protected monuments for its size in Lège-Cap-Ferret than in Gironde or compared French towns: 13 per 10,000 residents
10historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 2.1% of the total, lower than both Gironde’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The oldest protected building goes back to the 19th century. Lège-Cap-Ferret has 10 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Houses and mansions, 8 of the 10, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Lège-Cap-Ferret run lower than in 60% of compared French towns
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 1,099 residents of Lège-Cap-Ferret died, against 1,172 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Its two care homes for older people (121 places) count their residents as Lège-Cap-Ferret’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. Also worth knowing: 10 GPs practise here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Lège-Cap-Ferret · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive Wallerstein
2.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Wallerstein
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Lège-Cap-Ferret run higher than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €30,170 a year per consumption unit
13%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 8.7%, below both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 2.7% of working residents in Lège-Cap-Ferret to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot5%
Bicycle5%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
3,050
jobs based in Lège-Cap-Ferret, 1.1 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 56% of compared French towns
Lège-Cap-Ferret is a commune of 7,909 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord. 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
7,909 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord
Département
Gironde (33)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
37 sq mi (95.7 km²)
INSEE code
33236
Lège-Cap-Ferret’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
