Pyrénées-Orientales · report
Renovation in Pyrénées-Orientales
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 Pyrénées-Orientales: 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 | 1,878 | 485 | 2,363 |
| 2024 | 2,083 | 439 | 2,522 |
| 2023 | 2,490 | 601 | 3,091 |
| 2022 | 3,352 | 373 | 3,725 |
| 2021 | 3,245 | 571 | 3,816 |
| 2020 | 2,838 | 358 | 3,196 |
| 2019 | 3,626 | 416 | 4,042 |
| 2018 | 3,421 | 519 | 3,940 |
| 2017 | 4,665 | 379 | 5,044 |
| 2016 | 3,612 | 277 | 3,889 |
| 2015 | 2,675 | 233 | 2,908 |
| 2014 | 2,616 | 346 | 2,962 |
| 2013 | 2,562 | 505 | 3,067 |
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 €225,000. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €876 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 23%
- Payment, one income
- 46%
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
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.9
In 2022 the population grew by 3,891 while 2,511 homes were started: 1.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.5
- Population change, 2022
- +3,891
7.5% of the 368,673 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.5%
- Empty homes
- 27,675