Cussac’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns (D): 1.2 jobs per working resident; 14.9% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 17% 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). Cussac 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 Cussac 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 Cussac.
Who lives here
Cussac has fewer young adults than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 4.5% are 15 to 24
9.8% are under 15, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 47% of residents are 65 or older. Residents of Cussac have a median age of 63.2.
63.2median age
CussacHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
47%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Cussac than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.52/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,168/m², below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (€1,607/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Cussac from July 2023 to June 2026: 62 houses and apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €6.93/m² a month.
€1,168/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cussac€1,168/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,168/m²
62
€8.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.90 to €10.53/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Ouest Limousin
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Cussac’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Cussac records 96 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 370 residents of Cussac died, against 293 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. The nearest emergency department to Cussac is Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien, 13.1 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Vienne is 84.4 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Cussac · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
13.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Cussac, 14.9%, runs above Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €21,190 a year per consumption unit, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: a tenth of working residents in Cussac at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot9%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Cussac, 1.2 per working resident
14.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cussac
Is Cussac safe?
Cussac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Cussac expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cussac grades A for cost of living.
About Cussac
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cussac is a commune of 1,152 people in the Communauté de communes Ouest Limousin. 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.
