Ouistreham · report
Renovation in Ouistreham
In 2025, 1% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 1%
Homes authorised in Ouistreham: 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 | 274 | 4 | 278 |
| 2024 | 66 | — | 66 |
| 2023 | 169 | 1 | 170 |
| 2022 | 121 | 3 | 124 |
| 2021 | 280 | 1 | 281 |
| 2020 | 37 | 1 | 38 |
| 2019 | 25 | 19 | 44 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| 2017 | 29 | 27 | 56 |
| 2016 | 155 | 1 | 156 |
| 2015 | 27 | 4 | 31 |
| 2014 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 2013 | 119 | 3 | 122 |
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 €314,280. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,223 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 27%
- Payment, one income
- 54%
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
- €1,234
- Owning per month
- €1,154
Figures for Calvados: Ouistreham has no reliable figures of its own.
8.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,026
In 2022 the population fell by 49 while 137 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 137
- Population change, 2022
- −49
4.4% of the 7,092 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 4.4%
- Empty homes
- 311