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People and new homes in Lille

In 2022 the population fell by 449 while 500 homes were started.

Homes started, 2022
500
Population change, 2022
−449

Population change and homes started in Lille

The population's yearly change, apparent net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes started. INSEE and SDES.

Population change

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YearPopulation change
2022-449
20211,985
2020476
20191,759
20181,377
2017311
2016347
2015-301
2014-1,156
20132,406
20122,839
20111,119
2010-27
2009733
20081,043

Homes started

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YearHomes started
2022500
2021602
20201,362
20191,351
20181,309
20172,329
20162,041
20151,759
20141,234
20131,079
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—

Year by year

YearNet migrationBirths minus deathsPopulation changeHomes started
2008−1,091+2,134+1,043—
2009−1,399+2,132+733—
2010−2,067+2,040−27—
2011−551+1,670+1,119—
2012+736+2,103+2,839—
2013+335+2,071+2,4061,079
2014−3,443+2,287−1,1561,234
2015−2,293+1,992−3011,759
2016−1,565+1,912+3472,041
2017−1,402+1,713+3112,329
2018−312+1,689+1,3771,309
2019+48+1,711+1,7591,351
2020−847+1,323+4761,362
2021+748+1,237+1,985602
2022−1,452+1,003−449500

Births and deaths are INSEE's civil registration, by place of residence. INSEE publishes no yearly migration for places, so migration here is what is left of the population change once births and deaths are taken out, and each year's population is itself drawn from five years of census surveys: read it as a trend. France counts no homes finished, so homes started (SDES Sitadel) stand in; most are finished about two years later. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.

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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €313,200. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,219 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.

Payment, two incomes
33%
Payment, one income
65%

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
€1,418
Owning per month
€1,221

Figures for Nord: Lille has no reliable figures of its own.

10.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
12,139

8.0% of the 146,031 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2023 census
8.0%
Empty homes
11,721

In 2025, 39% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025
39%

Public bodies signed €531.1K of housing works here in 2024, and €531.1K since 2024.

Signed in 2024
€531.1K
Per resident, 2024
€2