Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 17.3% unemployment. It also trails on health (C−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 21% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc 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-Vivien-de-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.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
Jean Chaigneau, born in 1895, is the one person born in Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc.
Who lives here
Children make up only 10% of Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc, fewer than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns
59.7median age
18% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up two fifths of the town, higher than both Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 6.7% of residents.
Saint-Vivien-de-MédocGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C−
Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 85% of compared French towns
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc is Clinique Mutualiste du Medoc, 10.1 mi away. Adjusted mortality in the town: 104 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 278 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 331, 19% more. In Gironde, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Mutualiste du Medoc
10.1 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
1 historic monument in Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc, 1 classé
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc is Église Saint-Vivien. The protected list starts in the 12th century. Nearly a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above both Gironde’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc has higher unemployment than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 17.3%
7%walk, cycle or take transit
After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,660 a year per consumption unit. 7.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc, 0.6 per working resident
17.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 41% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc costs less than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.49/m² a month
€2,135/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €2,135/m², lower than both Gironde’s towns (€3,176/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The sales split: 90% houses, the rest apartments. 83 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc€2,135/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,234/m²
75
€10.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.38 to €13.12/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.46/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,690
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Médoc Atlantique
Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc is a commune of 1,846 people in the Communauté de communes Médoc Atlantique. 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
1,846 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Médoc Atlantique
Département
Gironde (33)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
20.5 sq mi (53.2 km²)
INSEE code
33490
Saint-Vivien-de-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-Vivien-de-Médoc
Is Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc safe?
Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc grades B 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.
