Villeurbanne · report
Renovation in Villeurbanne
In 2025, 25% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 25%
Homes authorised in Villeurbanne: 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 | 316 | 107 | 423 |
| 2024 | 329 | 109 | 438 |
| 2023 | 664 | 106 | 770 |
| 2022 | 520 | 164 | 684 |
| 2021 | 539 | 219 | 758 |
| 2020 | 1,002 | 249 | 1,251 |
| 2019 | 1,026 | 98 | 1,124 |
| 2018 | 1,682 | 226 | 1,908 |
| 2017 | 1,549 | 155 | 1,704 |
| 2016 | 1,834 | 501 | 2,335 |
| 2015 | 1,601 | 146 | 1,747 |
| 2014 | 1,284 | 18 | 1,302 |
| 2013 | 1,152 | 25 | 1,177 |
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 €320,400. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,247 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 31%
- Payment, one income
- 62%
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
- €1,407
- Owning per month
- €1,165
Figures for Rhône: Villeurbanne has no reliable figures of its own.
12.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 10,686
In 2022 the population grew by 1,477 while 631 homes were started: 2.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.3
- Population change, 2022
- +1,477
8.1% of the 93,196 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.1%
- Empty homes
- 7,574
Public bodies signed €1.1M of housing works here in 2024, and €1.1M since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €1.1M
- Per resident, 2024
- €7