Blaye · report
Renovation in Blaye
In 2025, 12% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 12%
Homes authorised in Blaye: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | 9 | 74 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 39 | — | 39 |
| 2022 | 5 | — | 5 |
| 2021 | 22 | 16 | 38 |
| 2020 | 48 | 2 | 50 |
| 2019 | 76 | 6 | 82 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 34 | 38 |
| 2016 | 50 | — | 50 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €144,720. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €563 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 15%
- Payment, one income
- 31%
Owning a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at apartments' median sale price; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €1,177
- Owning per month
- €533
Figures for Gironde: Blaye has no reliable figures of its own.
27.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 11,095
In 2022 the population grew by 49 while 17 homes were started: 2.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.9
- Population change, 2022
- +49
17.0% of the 3,235 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 17.0%
- Empty homes
- 550
Public bodies signed €54.4K of housing works here in 2025, and €240K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €54.4K
- Per resident, 2025
- €11