Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is walkability — nearly a fifth of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on health as well (C−). Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 11.9% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Estèphe has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Estèphe 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 Saint-Estèphe.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
On foot, Saint-Estèphe works less well than nine in ten compared French towns
4.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,120 a year per consumption unit. The unemployment rate comes to 11.9%.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
800
jobs based in Saint-Estèphe, 1.1 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 7% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Estèphe run higher than in 80% of compared French towns
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. Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Estèphe records 100 deaths per 100 expected, above both Gironde’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 154 residents of Saint-Estèphe died, about as many as the 154 expected from France’s death rates at each age. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Estèphe is Clinique Mutualiste du Medoc, 8.2 mi away.
+0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Estèphe · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Mutualiste du Medoc
8.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Mutualiste du Medoc
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Saint-Estèphe costs less than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.01/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,611/m², below Gironde’s towns (€3,176/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses. Saint-Estèphe recorded 46 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,611/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Estèphe€1,611/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,597/m²
45
€10.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.82 to €12.81/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.52/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Médoc Cœur de Presqu'île
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Saint-Estèphe than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: 15% of adults
9.8% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Saint-Estèphe are older than 46.2. Under-15s account for 17% of the population.
46.2median age
Saint-EstèpheGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Estèphe
Is Saint-Estèphe safe?
Saint-Estèphe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Estèphe expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Estèphe grades B+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Estèphe
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Estèphe is a commune of 1,638 people in the Communauté de communes Médoc Cœur de Presqu'île. 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.
