Oyonnax · report
Renovation in Oyonnax
In 2025, 21% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 21%
Homes authorised in Oyonnax: 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 | 30 | 8 | 38 |
| 2024 | 47 | 18 | 65 |
| 2023 | 72 | 55 | 127 |
| 2022 | 46 | 30 | 76 |
| 2021 | 43 | 32 | 75 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7 | 22 |
| 2019 | 79 | 11 | 90 |
| 2018 | 68 | 18 | 86 |
| 2017 | 18 | 24 | 42 |
| 2016 | 78 | 18 | 96 |
| 2015 | 17 | 119 | 136 |
| 2014 | 49 | 21 | 70 |
| 2013 | 53 | 72 | 125 |
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 €153,540. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €598 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 18%
- Payment, one income
- 35%
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
- €1,077
- Owning per month
- €478
Figures for Ain: Oyonnax has no reliable figures of its own.
23.3% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,238
In 2022 the population grew by 102 while 9 homes were started: 11.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 11.3
- Population change, 2022
- +102
13.0% of the 11,324 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 13.0%
- Empty homes
- 1,470
Public bodies signed €152.2K of housing works here in 2024, and €152.2K since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €152.2K
- Per resident, 2024
- €7