Bron · report
Renovation in Bron
In 2025, 1% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 1%
Homes authorised in Bron: 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 | 519 | 6 | 525 |
| 2024 | 274 | 12 | 286 |
| 2023 | 678 | 44 | 722 |
| 2022 | 386 | 10 | 396 |
| 2021 | 275 | 2 | 277 |
| 2020 | 502 | 32 | 534 |
| 2019 | 85 | 107 | 192 |
| 2018 | 94 | 36 | 130 |
| 2017 | 96 | 115 | 211 |
| 2016 | 541 | 11 | 552 |
| 2015 | 132 | 14 | 146 |
| 2014 | 193 | — | 193 |
| 2013 | 198 | 11 | 209 |
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 €278,280. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,083 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 26%
- Payment, one income
- 53%
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
- €1,459
- Owning per month
- €924
Figures for Rhône: Bron has no reliable figures of its own.
12.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 10,686
In 2022 the population grew by 132 while 225 homes were started: 0.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.6
- Population change, 2022
- +132
6.8% of the 20,167 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.8%
- Empty homes
- 1,363