Gard · report
Renovation in Gard
In 2025, 33% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 33%
Homes authorised in Gard: 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 | 2,537 | 1,250 | 3,787 |
| 2024 | 2,110 | 549 | 2,659 |
| 2023 | 3,462 | 821 | 4,283 |
| 2022 | 4,325 | 765 | 5,090 |
| 2021 | 5,082 | 672 | 5,754 |
| 2020 | 4,155 | 401 | 4,556 |
| 2019 | 5,087 | 450 | 5,537 |
| 2018 | 4,019 | 472 | 4,491 |
| 2017 | 4,310 | 513 | 4,823 |
| 2016 | 3,871 | 620 | 4,491 |
| 2015 | 2,863 | 411 | 3,274 |
| 2014 | 3,667 | 496 | 4,163 |
| 2013 | 3,299 | 558 | 3,857 |
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 €226,440. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €881 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 44%
32.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 3,291
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.3
In 2022 the population grew by 6,930 while 3,509 homes were started: 2.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.0
- Population change, 2022
- +6,930
8.2% of the 451,147 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.2%
- Empty homes
- 37,207
Public bodies signed €10.7M of housing works here in 2025, and €10.9M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €10.7M
- Per resident, 2025
- €14