Saint-Benoît (974) · report
Renovation in Saint-Benoît (974)
In 2025, 3% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 3%
Homes authorised in Saint-Benoît (974): 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 | 360 | 12 | 372 |
| 2024 | 209 | 29 | 238 |
| 2023 | 401 | 14 | 415 |
| 2022 | 274 | 5 | 279 |
| 2021 | 206 | 11 | 217 |
| 2020 | 134 | 11 | 145 |
| 2019 | 186 | 12 | 198 |
| 2018 | 146 | 6 | 152 |
| 2017 | 171 | 9 | 180 |
| 2016 | 224 | 15 | 239 |
| 2015 | 282 | 6 | 288 |
| 2014 | 235 | 3 | 238 |
| 2013 | 431 | 2 | 433 |
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 €164,970. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €642 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 23%
- Payment, one income
- 47%
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
- €1,085
- Owning per month
- €469
Figures for La Réunion: Saint-Benoît (974) has no reliable figures of its own.
17.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,521
In 2022 the population grew by 1,019 while 124 homes were started: 8.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 8.2
- Population change, 2022
- +1,019
9.7% of the 16,636 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.7%
- Empty homes
- 1,608