Saint-Macaire’s strongest subject is walkability (A). Jobs & income is its weak spot (D): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,047/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Sud Gironde. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for schools and B− for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Macaire 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-Macaire 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-Macaire.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Money is tighter in Saint-Macaire than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,080 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 16.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 10.9%.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Public transport8%
On foot6%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
500
jobs based in Saint-Macaire, 0.6 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 87% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Macaire keeps more of its old housing than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 33% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2010. Scaled to its population, that is 66 protected monuments for every 10,000 people in Saint-Macaire. Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Sauveur-et-Saint-Martin.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Saint-Macaire than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 15% are under 15
The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. Degrees are held by 34% of adults, about level with Gironde’s towns (34%) and above compared French towns (30%).
46.2median age
Saint-MacaireGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 82 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
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Saint-Macaire costs less than in both Gironde’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.58/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,047/m², comes from 80 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Macaire from July 2023 to June 2026. A house in Saint-Macaire goes for €2,129/m², an apartment for €2,047/m². Houses were nearly three fifths of what sold.
€2,047/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Macaire€2,047/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,129/m²
47
Apartments
€2,047/m²
33
€10.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.57 to €13.07/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,780
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Sud Gironde
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
More deaths than expected: Saint-Macaire is above 51% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 370 residents of Saint-Macaire died, against 287 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. Its care home for older people (107 places) counts its residents as Saint-Macaire’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. Life expectancy in Gironde: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: 6 GPs practise here.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Saint-Macaire · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon
1.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Macaire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Violence against people ran at 5.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13.4 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Macaire show 26 offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
5.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage21
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence9
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.
5.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
27.8%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 27.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Église Saint-Sauveur-et-Saint-Martin: Photo: Mattana · CC BY 2.0 · Maison forte dite Château de Tarde: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison Messidan: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison dite Relais Henri IV: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Macaire
Is Saint-Macaire safe?
Saint-Macaire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Saint-Macaire good?
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns. 96% of 367 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Moulin in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Macaire expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,047/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Macaire grades B− for cost of living.
About Saint-Macaire
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Macaire is a commune of 1,981 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud Gironde. 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.
