Saint-Laurent-Médoc’s strongest subject is safety (A+) — an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes a B, good for #29 of 100 in Gironde. It comes out better than 64% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Laurent-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.
Église Notre-Dame de Benon: Photo: Unozoe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de Saint-Laurent: Photo: Unozoe · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Laurent-Médoc.
Safety
For crime per resident, Saint-Laurent-Médoc sits below 97% of compared French towns
3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Saint-Laurent-Médoc comes 2nd of the 100 compared towns in Gironde on the Safety Grade. 49 offenses were reported in Saint-Laurent-Médoc during 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Laurent-Médoc (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage30
Family violence7
Burglary7
Sexual violence5
Fraud30
Theft without violence11
Drug use8
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.
3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
49
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.3%
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· Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 13.3% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C
Buying in Saint-Laurent-Médoc costs less than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €2,156/m²
€2,156/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.30/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 154 homes were sold in Saint-Laurent-Médoc. Houses were 86% of what sold.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Laurent-Médoc€2,156/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,180/m²
132
€12.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.75 to €15.63/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.30/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
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Saint-Laurent-Médoc than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 5.8%
6%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €26,010 a year per consumption unit, lower than Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Saint-Laurent-Médoc holds 1,500 jobs; 2,200 of its residents are in work, so 0.7 jobs each. Public transport took 2.4% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,500
jobs based in Saint-Laurent-Médoc, 0.7 per working resident
10.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,010
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 29% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Saint-Laurent-Médoc’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 61% of compared French towns
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 428 residents of Saint-Laurent-Médoc died, against 407 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. Its two care homes for older people (72 places) count their residents as Saint-Laurent-Médoc’s; allowing for them, deaths were 16% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Laurent-Médoc is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 8.2 mi away. At birth, a girl in Gironde can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Saint-Laurent-Médoc · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde
8.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Laurent-Médoc keeps more of its old housing than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Laurent-Médoc is Église Notre-Dame de Benon. On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Laurent-Médoc counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Saint-Laurent-Médoc hold a degree than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 24%
44.6median age
Typical age in Saint-Laurent-Médoc: 44.6, the median. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, about level with Gironde’s towns (20%) and below compared French towns (22%).
Saint-Laurent-MédocGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education24%
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%.
Saint-Laurent-Médoc is a commune of 4,914 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
Population
4,914 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Médoc Cœur de Presqu'île
Département
Gironde (33)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
52.5 sq mi (136 km²)
INSEE code
33424
Saint-Laurent-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 Saint-Laurent-Médoc
Is Saint-Laurent-Médoc safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
Is Saint-Laurent-Médoc expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.35/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Laurent-Médoc grades C 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.
