Dunkerque · report
Renovation in Dunkerque
In 2025, 32% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 32%
Homes authorised in Dunkerque: 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 | 788 | 371 | 1,159 |
| 2024 | 517 | 444 | 961 |
| 2023 | 464 | 43 | 507 |
| 2022 | 367 | 66 | 433 |
| 2021 | 486 | 79 | 565 |
| 2020 | 175 | 5 | 180 |
| 2019 | 258 | 44 | 302 |
| 2018 | 141 | 39 | 180 |
| 2017 | 448 | 10 | 458 |
| 2016 | 83 | 16 | 99 |
| 2015 | 66 | 47 | 113 |
| 2014 | 188 | 20 | 208 |
| 2013 | 224 | 38 | 262 |
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 €194,130. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €756 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 20%
- Payment, one income
- 40%
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
- €1,215
- Owning per month
- €805
Figures for Nord: Dunkerque 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 fell by 750 while 569 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 569
- Population change, 2022
- −750
6.9% of the 47,346 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.9%
- Empty homes
- 3,248
Public bodies signed €2.5M of housing works here in 2025, and €17.7M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €2.5M
- Per resident, 2025
- €30