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Affordability in Carmaux

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €100,530. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €391 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.

Payment, two incomes
11%
Payment, one income
22%

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Starting from the median sale price of €1,117/m² in Carmaux, a median standard of living of €21,550 a year (disposable income per consumption unit, 2023, Carmaux) and a mortgage rate of 3.2% (August 2026).

Assumptions
90
INSEE's median is per consumption unit: one income is a single adult's, and a couple counts as 1.5 units, so two incomes is generous for a couple.
3.2

The payment takes 11% of income, within the HCSF's 35% limit.

Home price
€100,530
Monthly payment
€391
Share of net income
11%
Highest price within 35%
€322,975

France against the EU

Share of people spending over 40% of their disposable income on housing, then the rest of Eurostat's survey of living conditions. These are national figures, shown here as context.

  • France
  • EU
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YearFranceEU
20256.4%7.7%
20247.0%8.2%
20236.5%8.8%
20226.5%8.7%
20205.6%7.8%
20195.5%9.4%
20184.7%9.6%
20175.0%10.1%
20165.2%10.9%
20155.7%11.2%
20145.1%11.5%
20135.2%11.6%
20125.2%11.5%
20115.2%10.6%
20105.1%10.0%
Share of people whoFranceEU
Spend over 40% of income on housing6.3%7.7%
… nationals (adults)4.4%7.1%
… citizens of another EU country (adults)17.1%15.2%
… non-EU citizens (adults)38.0%18.1%
Live in an overcrowded home12.7%16.8%
Own their home outright39.7%43.7%
Own with a mortgage31.5%24.8%
Rent at market price16.3%20.8%
Rent at a reduced price or free12.5%10.7%

Income is INSEE's median standard of living: a household's disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units, so one income is a single adult's. It is published about two years late, so today's price is set against the latest year. The HCSF caps the payment, insurance included, at 35% of income for most new loans, and banks may lend less.

Other reports for Carmaux

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
€852
Owning per month
€329

Figures for Tarn: Carmaux has no reliable figures of its own.

9.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
2,522

In 2022 the population fell by 55 while 19 homes were started.

Homes started, 2022
19
Population change, 2022
−55

13.6% of the 6,034 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2023 census
13.6%
Empty homes
823

In 2025, 67% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025
67%