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Empty homes in Saint-Vallier (26)

15.6% of the 2,341 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2023 census
15.6%
Empty homes
365

Empty homes in Saint-Vallier (26), census by census

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

  • Saint-Vallier (26)
  • Drôme
  • France
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CensusSaint-Vallier (26)DrômeFrance
202315.6%8.2%7.8%
201715.0%8.7%8.2%
201215.0%8.2%7.6%
200714.6%6.6%6.5%
199912.3%7.1%6.9%
199010.5%7.7%7.2%
198212.2%7.7%7.6%
197510.2%9.0%7.7%
19682.7%7.8%6.6%

Against the wider area

Share of homes standing empty in the 2023 census.

AreaEmpty
Saint-Vallier (26)15.6%
Drôme8.2%
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 Saint-Vallier (26)

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €109,980. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €428 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.

Payment, two incomes
12%
Payment, one income
25%

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
€815
Owning per month
€349

Figures for Drôme: Saint-Vallier (26) has no reliable figures of its own.

0.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
3,212

In 2022 the population fell by 56 while 14 homes were started.

Homes started, 2022
14
Population change, 2022
−56

In 2025, 15% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025
15%