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Renovation in Douai
In 2025, 70% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 70%
Homes authorised in Douai: 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 | 103 | 237 | 340 |
| 2024 | 64 | 264 | 328 |
| 2023 | 17 | 83 | 100 |
| 2022 | 381 | 68 | 449 |
| 2021 | 10 | 125 | 135 |
| 2020 | 155 | 3 | 158 |
| 2019 | 168 | 19 | 187 |
| 2018 | 10 | 18 | 28 |
| 2017 | 16 | 25 | 41 |
| 2016 | 105 | 18 | 123 |
| 2015 | 133 | 10 | 143 |
| 2014 | 18 | 184 | 202 |
| 2013 | 124 | 55 | 179 |
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 €144,270. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €562 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 33%
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
- €1,038
- Owning per month
- €549
Figures for Nord: Douai has no reliable figures of its own.
10.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 12,139
In 2022 the population grew by 417 while 5 homes were started: 83.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 83.4
- Population change, 2022
- +417
14.0% of the 22,395 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 14.0%
- Empty homes
- 3,141
Public bodies signed €409.5K of housing works here in 2025, and €146.6M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €409.5K
- Per resident, 2025
- €10