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Renovation in La Crau
In 2025, 22% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 22%
Homes authorised in La Crau: 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 | 32 | 9 | 41 |
| 2024 | 21 | 18 | 39 |
| 2023 | 67 | 6 | 73 |
| 2022 | 73 | 7 | 80 |
| 2021 | 48 | 6 | 54 |
| 2020 | 25 | 21 | 46 |
| 2019 | 120 | 2 | 122 |
| 2018 | 60 | 5 | 65 |
| 2017 | 126 | 4 | 130 |
| 2016 | 85 | 6 | 91 |
| 2015 | 181 | 5 | 186 |
| 2014 | 149 | 11 | 160 |
| 2013 | 174 | 12 | 186 |
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 €375,120. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,460 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 31%
- Payment, one income
- 62%
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
- €1,429
- Owning per month
- €1,171
Figures for Var: La Crau has no reliable figures of its own.
31.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,742
In 2022 the population grew by 140 while 58 homes were started: 2.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.4
- Population change, 2022
- +140
3.6% of the 9,295 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 3.6%
- Empty homes
- 335