Bouches-du-Rhône · report
Renovation in Bouches-du-Rhône
In 2025, 13% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 13%
Homes authorised in Bouches-du-Rhône: 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 | 8,215 | 1,236 | 9,451 |
| 2024 | 8,588 | 882 | 9,470 |
| 2023 | 7,160 | 926 | 8,086 |
| 2022 | 10,160 | 1,105 | 11,265 |
| 2021 | 10,340 | 863 | 11,203 |
| 2020 | 8,104 | 496 | 8,600 |
| 2019 | 11,849 | 837 | 12,686 |
| 2018 | 11,046 | 854 | 11,900 |
| 2017 | 13,242 | 1,133 | 14,375 |
| 2016 | 15,543 | 815 | 16,358 |
| 2015 | 11,791 | 698 | 12,489 |
| 2014 | 10,206 | 999 | 11,205 |
| 2013 | 11,228 | 1,039 | 12,267 |
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 €326,430. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,271 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 30%
- Payment, one income
- 60%
24.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,951
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.3
In 2022 the population grew by 17,847 while 9,684 homes were started: 1.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.8
- Population change, 2022
- +17,847
7.1% of the 1,090,066 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.1%
- Empty homes
- 77,571
Public bodies signed €2.7M of housing works here in 2025, and €3.5M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €2.7M
- Per resident, 2025
- €1