Castelnau-le-Lez · report
Renovation in Castelnau-le-Lez
In 2025, 2% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 2%
Homes authorised in Castelnau-le-Lez: 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 | 297 | 7 | 304 |
| 2024 | 373 | 6 | 379 |
| 2023 | 157 | 10 | 167 |
| 2022 | 328 | 7 | 335 |
| 2021 | 517 | 13 | 530 |
| 2020 | 712 | 8 | 720 |
| 2019 | 631 | 15 | 646 |
| 2018 | 852 | 12 | 864 |
| 2017 | 410 | 39 | 449 |
| 2016 | 755 | 5 | 760 |
| 2015 | 356 | 19 | 375 |
| 2014 | 1,356 | 25 | 1,381 |
| 2013 | 314 | 7 | 321 |
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 €362,880. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,412 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 30%
- Payment, one income
- 60%
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
- €1,447
- Owning per month
- €1,259
Figures for Hérault: Castelnau-le-Lez has no reliable figures of its own.
32.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 7,624
In 2022 the population grew by 654 while 357 homes were started: 1.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.8
- Population change, 2022
- +654
5.1% of the 14,692 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.1%
- Empty homes
- 753