Living in Pessac
In Pessac, rent averages €15.27 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 11.5% (2022).
The unemployment rate was 11.5% at the end of 2022. Annual PM2.5 was 8.27 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM10 was 15.3 µg/m³ in 2024.
Pricier rent than 78% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 61% of French cities that publish it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Pessac?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in Pessac?
Average net cold rent is about 15.27 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges.
Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.
- Average net rent (nettokalt): 15.27 EUR/m²/month · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre20Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan19Official · national market |
| G02 Vacancy Rate Pct | 1,309 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE8Official |
| Dwellings | 35,093 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE9Official |
| G05 Main Residential Dwellings | 32,833 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE9Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 15.27 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 30 Sept 2025 | "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251Official |
Is Pessac a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 916 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 15.27 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.
Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Pessac?
The unemployment rate is about 11.5 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 11.49 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12
Pessac 11.5%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 97.38 % | 3 Aug 2026 | Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)3Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 97.85 % | 31 Mar 2026 | Independent ARCEP municipal count of premises eligible for the >=1 Gbit/s fixed advertised-speed class, divided by the ARCEP type=all municipal premises denominator. This is availability/eligibility, not adoption, measured speed, FTTH-only coverage or mobile coverage.7Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 2,550 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr24Official |
| Unemployment rate | 11.49 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12Official |
What does a salary buy in Pessac?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
| Each month | € |
|---|---|
| Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions. | €1,947 |
| Rent, 60 m²€15.27/m² · official · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025 · 2025-09-30 | − €916 |
| Internet€43 · official · Orange Livebox Fibre · 2026-09-30 | − €43 |
| Mobile plan€20 · official · Orange 100GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30 | − €20 |
| Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities | — |
| Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish | €968 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Pessac. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
France Travail — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Pessac. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary School Count | 31 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official |
| School Count | 44 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official |
School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 3 to 16. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: UPE2A (unités pédagogiques pour élèves allophones nouvellement arrivés) + UPE2A-NSA variant. How to enrol a child (education.gouv.fr).
A country-wide rule for France; Pessac's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 723.1 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2011 | DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20115Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Pessac when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Pessac?
Police recorded about 5,209 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)4
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 5,209 incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 | 31 Dec 2025 | Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)4Official |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Pessac. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course
État français and OFII
For eligible non-EU foreign residents.
DIAN language-training offer finder — Other
Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN
For people seeking French-language training.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Pessac?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.3 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
- PM2.5 — annual mean: 8.27 µg/m³ · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Pessac 8.3
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 15.28 µg/m³country median 14.8 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2Official |
| NO₂ — latest reading | 13.93 µg/m³ | 15 Jul 2026 | Latest valid NO2 hourly station observation on the official LCSQA E2 current-day extract, mapped to the exact INSEE centre through an exact normalized station-name crosswalk to EEA station metadata.14Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 15.27 µg/m³country median 14.2 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2Official |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 8.27 µg/m³country median 8.5 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 10.5 · Feb 12 · Mar 15.5 · Apr 18 · May 21.7 · Jun 25 · Jul 27.1 · Aug 27.6 · Sep 24.2 · Oct 19.6 · Nov 14.1 · Dec 11 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BORDEAUX-MERIGNAC23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 3.7 · Feb 3.6 · Mar 5.8 · Apr 8 · May 11.4 · Jun 14.6 · Jul 16.2 · Aug 16.3 · Sep 13.3 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 6.7 · Dec 4.4 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BORDEAUX-MERIGNAC23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 7.1 · Feb 7.8 · Mar 10.7 · Apr 13 · May 16.6 · Jun 19.8 · Jul 21.7 · Aug 21.9 · Sep 18.8 · Oct 15.2 · Nov 10.4 · Dec 7.7 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BORDEAUX-MERIGNAC23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 86.9 · Feb 66.9 · Mar 63.3 · Apr 75.6 · May 71.1 · Jun 70.4 · Jul 48.6 · Aug 56.7 · Sep 81.2 · Oct 83.3 · Nov 114.5 · Dec 106.4 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BORDEAUX-MERIGNAC23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 89 · Feb 117 · Mar 170 · Apr 186 · May 220 · Jun 237 · Jul 256 · Aug 248 · Sep 208 · Oct 150 · Nov 100 · Dec 84 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BORDEAUX-MERIGNAC23Official · nearest-station reading |
Annual PM2.5 fell 36.4% between 2013 and 2024, from 13.0 to 8.3.
Similar climate. In France: Reims ±3.3 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±3.1 °C, Ventura (United States) ±3.2 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±3.3 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±3.4 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±3.4 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month
Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.
Population and city profile
The city covered 38.8 km² in 2026. Population density was 1,734.6 people per km² in 2023.
How many people live in Pessac?
The published population was 67,339 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Pessac (commune 33318)10
By nationality
National passport91.8%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 38.82 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Foreign residents | 5,542 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT117Official |
| Population density | 1,735 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Population | 67,339 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Pessac (commune 33318)10Official |
International community in Pessac
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Citizenship
Population resident in France excluding Mayotte; INSEE RP2023 NAT; total age and sex · 2023 Census
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 67,339 | 100.0% |
| Français | 61,441.207 | 91.2% |
| Etranger | 5,897.793 | 8.8% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universities | 1 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)16Official |
Alternatives for people set on Pessac
Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.
Canéjan as a Pessac alternative in the same region
5 km away, better on 1 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.
- Unemployment: 7.5% Canéjan vs 11.5% Pessac−35%
- Rent: €12.10/m² (2024) Canéjan vs €15.27/m² (2025) Pessacno percentage
- Residents: 5,756 Canéjan vs 67,339 Pessac−91%
- Nearest airport: 9.0 km Canéjan vs 7.0 km Pessac+29%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,176 Canéjan vs 5,209 Pessacsame level
- Median gross pay, region: €2,550 Canéjan vs €2,550 Pessacsame level
- Annual PM2.5: 8.3 µg/m³ Canéjan vs 8.3 µg/m³ Pessacsame level
Quimper as a Pessac alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 443 km, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,365.7 Quimper vs 723.1 Pessac+89%
- Rent: €10.69/m² Quimper vs €15.27/m² Pessacno percentage
- Unemployment: 12.7% Quimper vs 11.5% Pessac+11%
- Annual PM2.5: 6.9 µg/m³ Quimper vs 8.3 µg/m³ Pessac−17%
- Nearest airport: 6.0 km Quimper vs 7.0 km Pessac−14%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,072 Quimper vs 5,209 Pessacsame level
- Residents: 64,385 Quimper vs 67,339 Pessac−4%
Cities near Pessac
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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Alternative cities in France
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Is Pessac part of Bordeaux?
Pessac is in the published commuting zone of Bordeaux; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Bordeaux city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source6
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Pessac?
The published population was 67,339 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Pessac (commune 33318).
How much does it cost to rent in Pessac?
Average net cold rent is about 15.27 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 1,069 EUR a month before utilities. Source: "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025.
Is the air quality good in Pessac?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.3 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation..
How safe is Pessac?
Police recorded about 5,209 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026).
What is the unemployment rate in Pessac?
The unemployment rate is about 11.5 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Pessac?
The median gross salary is 2,550 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Pessac a good place to live?
Pessac may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.
Is Pessac part of Bordeaux?
Pessac is in the published commuting zone of Bordeaux; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Pessac?
Bordeaux, Talence, Gradignan, Mérignac, Canéjan are near Pessac. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people are in the Total citizenship group in Pessac?
The official citizenship distribution records 67,339 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2023 Census. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 24). Pessac, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 1e142dc4714c900f33aae34dacf9c81a]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/pessac/ Retrieved 2026-09-24. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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