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Empty homes in Prades (66)

9.5% of the 4,005 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2023 census
9.5%
Empty homes
379

Empty homes in Prades (66), census by census

Share of homes standing empty at each census, against the wider areas.

  • Prades (66)
  • Pyrénées-Orientales
  • France
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CensusPrades (66)Pyrénées-OrientalesFrance
20239.5%7.5%7.8%
201713.4%8.2%8.2%
201221.5%7.9%7.6%
200712.0%6.7%6.5%
199915.0%7.7%6.9%
199011.5%9.9%7.2%
19828.9%10.3%7.6%
19759.6%11.9%7.7%
19688.2%9.6%6.6%

Against the wider area

Share of homes standing empty in the 2023 census.

AreaEmpty
Prades (66)9.5%
Pyrénées-Orientales7.5%
France7.8%

INSEE counts a home as vacant when nobody lives in it: for sale, to let, already let or sold but not yet occupied, awaiting repair, or kept empty. Second homes are counted apart and are not included. The latest census is the rolling survey of 2021 to 2025.

Other reports for Prades (66)

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €153,630. 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
17%
Payment, one income
34%

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
€948
Owning per month
€474

Figures for Pyrénées-Orientales: Prades (66) has no reliable figures of its own.

34.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
2,428

In 2022 the population fell by 18 while 14 homes were started.

Homes started, 2022
14
Population change, 2022
−18

In 2025, 27% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025
27%