Royan · report
Renovation in Royan
In 2025, 36% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 36%
Homes authorised in Royan: 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 | 126 | 72 | 198 |
| 2024 | 90 | 13 | 103 |
| 2023 | 242 | 19 | 261 |
| 2022 | 284 | 94 | 378 |
| 2021 | 88 | 31 | 119 |
| 2020 | 174 | 16 | 190 |
| 2019 | 369 | 81 | 450 |
| 2018 | 265 | 12 | 277 |
| 2017 | 215 | 36 | 251 |
| 2016 | 278 | 8 | 286 |
| 2015 | 118 | 32 | 150 |
| 2014 | 197 | 34 | 231 |
| 2013 | 89 | 18 | 107 |
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 €328,230. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,278 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 29%
- Payment, one income
- 57%
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
- €1,297
- Owning per month
- €1,230
Figures for Charente-Maritime: Royan has no reliable figures of its own.
19.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,797
In 2022 the population grew by 103 while 47 homes were started: 2.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.2
- Population change, 2022
- +103
3.2% of the 21,958 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 3.2%
- Empty homes
- 694