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People and new homes in Valence (26)

In 2022 the population grew by 170 while 353 homes were started: 0.5 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2022
0.5
Population change, 2022
+170

Population change and homes started in Valence (26)

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
2022170
2021-195
202052
2019-318
201823
20171,012
20161,237
2015-2
2014329
2013383
2012-714
2011-667
2010-257
2009-959
2008-120

Homes started

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YearHomes started
2022353
2021184
2020438
2019138
2018394
2017281
2016311
2015495
2014192
2013465
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—

Year by year

YearNet migrationBirths minus deathsPopulation changeHomes started
2008−520+400−120—
2009−1,277+318−959—
2010−533+276−257—
2011−1,010+343−667—
2012−1,061+347−714—
2013+52+331+383465
2014−47+376+329192
2015−311+309−2495
2016+988+249+1,237311
2017+745+267+1,012281
2018−157+180+23394
2019−564+246−318138
2020−85+137+52438
2021−380+185−195184
2022+37+133+170353

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 Valence (26)

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €192,420. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €749 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.

Payment, two incomes
20%
Payment, one income
39%

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
€1,074
Owning per month
€673

Figures for Drôme: Valence (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

11.5% of the 38,682 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2023 census
11.5%
Empty homes
4,449

In 2025, 58% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025
58%