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9,616 residents make their home in this town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Work and incomes are strong: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 6.5% unemployment. It also does well on health (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. What counts against it is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, better than 70% of compared French towns. That places it #25 of 100 in Gironde.
Figures: employment, 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Saint-Jean-d'Illac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Jean-d'Illac 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Jean-d'Illac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison du lotissement Frugès, in Pessac, 7.1 mi away.
1.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-d'Illac.
People aged 15 to 24 are 13% of the population. 19% are under 15, above both Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 15% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Jean-d'Illac | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jean-d'Illac is Hopital Haut Leveque Chu, 6.5 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 574 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 523, 9% fewer. Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Jean-d'Illac can choose among 60 GPs.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.21/m² a month, about level with Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €13.58/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 270 homes in Saint-Jean-d'Illac.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,611/m² | 164 |
| Apartments | €3,644/m² | 106 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 6.9 mi away. Collège pupils travel 0.8 mi to the nearest one. School results put the town #67 of 93 in Gironde.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de l'EsteyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 89%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Jean-d'Illac (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.7 cases of violence against people and 12.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In 2025, 159 offenses were recorded here.
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.
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, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
6.5% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 7.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Jean-d'Illac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Jean-d'Illac yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-d'Illac | 9,616 | — | B+ | C | B+ | A− |
| Martignas-sur-Jalle | 8,056 | 2.6 | B+ | D | A | B+ |
| Cestas | 16,666 | 6.6 | B+ | C− | C | A |
| Saint-Médard-en-Jalles | 32,910 | 6.6 | A− | D | B | A |
| Pessac | 67,339 | 6.7 | C | D | C− | B+ |
| Le Haillan | 11,392 | 7.3 | C+ | D | C− | B |
| Mérignac | 78,090 | 7.4 | B− | D | C− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #36 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 32 burglaries and 45 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #67 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By type: houses €3,611/m² (164 sales), apartments €3,644/m² (106 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Jean-d'Illac grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Jean-d'Illac is a commune of 9,616 people in the Communauté de communes Jalle-Eau-Bourde. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.