Portets has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Portets 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 Portets.
History
Old homes shape Portets: 22% were built before 1919, more than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Relative to its size, Portets keeps 19 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments in the town is Domaine du Château de l'Hospital. The town has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 4 inscrit, the second level. The oldest protected building goes back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C−
Portets’s median home price is €2,444/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €11.71/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 92% were houses. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 87 homes in Portets.
€2,444/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Portets€2,444/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,444/m²
80
€13.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.62 to €17.20/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Convergence Garonne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Portets has fewer young adults than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7% are 15 to 24
18% are under 15, about level with Gironde’s towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 35% of adults. Ages in Portets split evenly at 45: half are older, half younger.
45median age
PortetsGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education35%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Portets sees fewer deaths than 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 186 residents of Portets died, against 216 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Portets is Msp Bagatelle site Robert Picque, 10.5 mi away. 5 GPs practise in the town. Life expectancy in Gironde: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Portets · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Msp Bagatelle site Robert Picque
11.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Msp Bordeaux Bagatelle
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Portets, 5.7%, runs below Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
Nearly one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Median disposable income comes to €27,240 a year per consumption unit.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport7%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
600
jobs based in Portets, 0.5 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Portets has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Among the graded crimes in Portets, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 25 offenses in the town in 2025. Violence against people ran at 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11 (2023–2025 average).
2.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Burglary8
Armed robbery0
Fraud29
Theft without violence6
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.
2.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
29.7%
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 29.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Portets
Is Portets safe?
Portets has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Is Portets expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.51/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Portets grades C− for cost of living.
About Portets
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Portets is a commune of 2,618 people in the Communauté de communes Convergence Garonne. 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.
