A tough set of grades. Its schools fall short: bac results 4.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.7 points below the expected rate. Taken together, its subjects give Sainte-Eulalie a C− overall, better than 18% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #82 of 100 in Gironde. Health is its strong suit: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes are strong: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. At the median price of €2,895/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Rives de la Laurence. Safety is weaker too: an average of 11.8 recorded violent incidents and 20.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Sainte-Eulalie 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 Sainte-Eulalie.
Schools
Fewer pass the bac at the lycées near Sainte-Eulalie than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 86.7%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 86% of 125 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Near Sainte-Eulalie, just over four fifths of collège pupils passed the brevet, below Gironde’s towns (89.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. Its collèges and lycées rank #85 of 93 in Gironde on results.
87%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Sainte-Eulalie records more crime per resident than 86% of compared French towns
2025 saw 189 offenses recorded in Sainte-Eulalie. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
11.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage64
Other physical violence51
Theft from vehicles29
Family violence19
Burglary18
Sexual violence8
Theft without violence69
Fraud28
Drug use13
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.
11.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
189
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.7%
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 armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Sainte-Eulalie sees fewer deaths than 69% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Sainte-Eulalie. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Sainte-Eulalie records 81 deaths per 100 expected. 279 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 344: 19% below. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Gironde is 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw81
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Sainte-Eulalie · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Bordeaux Rive Droite Cliniq Quatre Pavillons
3.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Bordeaux Rive Droite Cliniq Quatre Pavillons
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,895/m², comes from 99 sales of houses and apartments in Sainte-Eulalie from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 93% were houses. House rents are put at about €12.55/m² a month.
€2,895/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sainte-Eulalie€2,895/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,932/m²
92
€12.88/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.51 to €15.78/m² a month)
7.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.55/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,010
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Les Rives de la Laurence
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Sainte-Eulalie are under 15, more than in both Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
29% of adults hold a degree. The 65-and-over age group makes up 20% of residents. Line up the people of Sainte-Eulalie by age and the one in the middle is 42.9.
42.9median age
Sainte-EulalieGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education29%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Sainte-Eulalie earns a B+ for jobs & income
Bus, tram or train carried 7.0% of working residents in Sainte-Eulalie to work at the census. After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,180 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 10.3%, higher than Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and near compared French towns (10.1%).
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport7%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
2,350
jobs based in Sainte-Eulalie, 1.1 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,180
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sainte-Eulalie
Is Sainte-Eulalie safe?
It grades D for safety, #77 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 64 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sainte-Eulalie good?
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns and #85 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sainte-Eulalie expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,895/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.88/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sainte-Eulalie grades C for cost of living.
About Sainte-Eulalie
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sainte-Eulalie is a commune of 4,915 people in the Communauté de communes Les Rives de la Laurence. 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.