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Saint-Louis (974) · report

People and new homes in Saint-Louis (974)

In 2022 the population grew by 463 while 218 homes were started: 2.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2022
2.1
Population change, 2022
+463

Population change and homes started in Saint-Louis (974)

The population's yearly change, apparent net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes started. INSEE and SDES.

Population change

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YearPopulation change
2022463
2021543
2020191
2019624
2018-469
2017224
2016145
2015-304
2014721
2013147
201242
201191
2010485
2009578
2008743

Homes started

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YearHomes started
2022218
2021268
2020251
2019245
2018343
2017196
2016188
2015260
2014308
2013406
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—

Year by year

YearNet migrationBirths minus deathsPopulation changeHomes started
2008−98+841+743—
2009−167+745+578—
2010−252+737+485—
2011−655+746+91—
2012−666+708+42—
2013−558+705+147406
2014+17+704+721308
2015−994+690−304260
2016−567+712+145188
2017−399+623+224196
2018−1,081+612−469343
2019−30+654+624245
2020−435+626+191251
2021−57+600+543268
2022−101+564+463218

Births and deaths are INSEE's civil registration, by place of residence. INSEE publishes no yearly migration for places, so migration here is what is left of the population change once births and deaths are taken out, and each year's population is itself drawn from five years of census surveys: read it as a trend. France counts no homes finished, so homes started (SDES Sitadel) stand in; most are finished about two years later. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.

Other reports for Saint-Louis (974)

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
30%
Payment, one income
61%

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
€1,302
Owning per month
€723

Figures for La Réunion: Saint-Louis (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

9.3% of the 23,494 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2023 census
9.3%
Empty homes
2,189

In 2025, 19% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025
19%