Châteauroux · report
Renovation in Châteauroux
In 2025, 30% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 30%
Homes authorised in Châteauroux: 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 | 97 | 42 | 139 |
| 2024 | 24 | 75 | 99 |
| 2023 | 114 | 17 | 131 |
| 2022 | 136 | 20 | 156 |
| 2021 | 67 | 88 | 155 |
| 2020 | 27 | 115 | 142 |
| 2019 | 53 | 19 | 72 |
| 2018 | 25 | 11 | 36 |
| 2017 | 31 | 2 | 33 |
| 2016 | 43 | 12 | 55 |
| 2015 | 100 | 10 | 110 |
| 2014 | 112 | 10 | 122 |
| 2013 | 63 | 5 | 68 |
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 €119,970. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €467 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
- €930
- Owning per month
- €389
Figures for Indre: Châteauroux has no reliable figures of its own.
35.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 276
In 2022 the population fell by 116 while 127 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 127
- Population change, 2022
- −116
12.9% of the 26,278 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.9%
- Empty homes
- 3,397
Public bodies signed €12.5M of housing works here in 2025, and €22.5M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €12.5M
- Per resident, 2025
- €290