Castres (81) · report
Renovation in Castres (81)
In 2025, 67% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 67%
Homes authorised in Castres (81): 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 | 67 | 137 | 204 |
| 2024 | 56 | 27 | 83 |
| 2023 | 119 | 42 | 161 |
| 2022 | 103 | 13 | 116 |
| 2021 | 184 | 24 | 208 |
| 2020 | 65 | 32 | 97 |
| 2019 | 71 | 19 | 90 |
| 2018 | 107 | 16 | 123 |
| 2017 | 84 | 19 | 103 |
| 2016 | 111 | 23 | 134 |
| 2015 | 62 | 16 | 78 |
| 2014 | 58 | 41 | 99 |
| 2013 | 46 | 14 | 60 |
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 €152,820. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €595 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 15%
- Payment, one income
- 30%
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
- €900
- Owning per month
- €601
Figures for Tarn: Castres (81) 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 195 while 112 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 112
- Population change, 2022
- −195
10.7% of the 24,127 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 10.7%
- Empty homes
- 2,582