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Empty homes in Espaly-Saint-Marcel

12.1% of the 2,032 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2023 census
12.1%
Empty homes
246

Empty homes in Espaly-Saint-Marcel, census by census

Share of homes standing empty at each census, against the wider areas.

  • Espaly-Saint-Marcel
  • Haute-Loire
  • France
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CensusEspaly-Saint-MarcelHaute-LoireFrance
202312.1%11.8%7.8%
201714.3%12.4%8.2%
201214.9%11.7%7.6%
20078.9%10.1%6.5%
19999.0%8.7%6.9%
199011.3%9.9%7.2%
19826.6%8.6%7.6%
19757.3%10.2%7.7%
19686.0%9.9%6.6%

Against the wider area

Share of homes standing empty in the 2023 census.

AreaEmpty
Espaly-Saint-Marcel12.1%
Haute-Loire11.8%
France7.8%

INSEE counts a home as vacant when nobody lives in it: for sale, to let, already let or sold but not yet occupied, awaiting repair, or kept empty. Second homes are counted apart and are not included. The latest census is the rolling survey of 2021 to 2025.

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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €148,590. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €578 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.

Payment, two incomes
13%
Payment, one income
27%

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
€847
Owning per month
€492

Figures for Haute-Loire: Espaly-Saint-Marcel has no reliable figures of its own.

2.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
980

In 2022 the population grew by 11 while 18 homes were started: 0.6 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2022
0.6
Population change, 2022
+11

In 2025, 0% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025
0%