L'Étang-Salé · report
Renovation in L'Étang-Salé
In 2025, 6% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 6%
Homes authorised in L'Étang-Salé: 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 | 215 | 14 | 229 |
| 2024 | 234 | 4 | 238 |
| 2023 | 93 | 6 | 99 |
| 2022 | 284 | 7 | 291 |
| 2021 | 182 | 12 | 194 |
| 2020 | 194 | 5 | 199 |
| 2019 | 142 | 3 | 145 |
| 2018 | 187 | 9 | 196 |
| 2017 | 146 | 9 | 155 |
| 2016 | 92 | 24 | 116 |
| 2015 | 80 | 14 | 94 |
| 2014 | 135 | 34 | 169 |
| 2013 | 73 | 13 | 86 |
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 €365,490. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,423 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 37%
- Payment, one income
- 75%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,454
- Owning per month
- €1,846
Figures for La Réunion: L'Étang-Salé has no reliable figures of its own.
17.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,521
In 2022 the population grew by 135 while 188 homes were started: 0.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.7
- Population change, 2022
- +135
8.3% of the 6,794 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.3%
- Empty homes
- 566