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Empty homes in Ille-et-Vilaine

6.0% of the 592,053 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2023 census: 6.0%
Empty homes: 35,783

Empty homes in Ille-et-Vilaine, census by census

Share of homes standing empty at each census, against the wider areas.

Ille-et-Vilaine
France

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Census	Ille-et-Vilaine	France
2023	6.0%	7.8%
2017	6.9%	8.2%
2012	6.7%	7.6%
2007	5.6%	6.5%
1999	5.3%	6.9%
1990	6.1%	7.2%
1982	6.1%	7.6%
1975	6.6%	7.7%
1968	5.6%	6.6%

Against the wider area

Share of homes standing empty in the 2023 census.

Area	Empty
Ille-et-Vilaine	6.0%
France	7.8%

Where homes stand empty in Ille-et-Vilaine

Share of homes standing empty at the 2023 census, emptiest first.

Area	Empty
Val-Couesnon	15.1%
Bazouges-la-Pérouse	14.6%
Gaël	13.8%
Val d'Anast	12.5%
Saint-Méen-le-Grand	11.3%
Pipriac	11.0%
Bains-sur-Oust	10.8%
Martigné-Ferchaud	10.7%
Guipry-Messac	10.5%
Baguer-Morvan	10.2%
Louvigné-du-Désert	9.7%
Redon	8.9%
Plélan-le-Grand	8.9%
Fougères	8.8%
La Fresnais	8.8%
Maen Roch	8.8%
Tinténiac	8.4%
La Guerche-de-Bretagne	8.3%
Rives-du-Couesnon	8.3%
Retiers	8.2%
Piré-Chancé	7.6%
Bréal-sous-Montfort	7.3%
Domalain	7.3%
Guignen	7.1%
Miniac-Morvan	6.9%
Mesnil-Roc'h	6.8%
Sainte-Marie (35)	6.7%
Bain-de-Bretagne	6.7%
Combourg	6.6%
Rennes	6.5%
Plerguer	6.3%
La Bouëxière	6.3%
Janzé	6.2%
Liffré	6.1%
La Richardais	6.0%
Montfort-sur-Meu	5.9%
Gévezé	5.8%
Goven	5.7%
Bédée	5.6%
Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes	5.6%
Dol-de-Bretagne	5.6%
Vitré	5.6%
Romagné (35)	5.3%
Saint-Malo	5.3%
Saint-Grégoire (35)	5.2%
Guichen	5.2%
La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz	5.0%
Châteaugiron	4.8%
Pont-Péan	4.8%
Chantepie	4.8%
Romillé	4.8%
Le Rheu	4.8%
Argentré-du-Plessis	4.8%
Iffendic	4.8%
Cesson-Sévigné	4.7%
Montauban-de-Bretagne	4.7%
Dinard	4.6%
Laillé	4.6%
Pleurtuit	4.6%
Acigné	4.3%
Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche	4.3%
Saint-Erblon (35)	4.3%
Bruz	4.3%
Talensac	4.3%
Montgermont	4.1%
Mordelles	4.1%
Chavagne	4.1%
Noyal-sur-Vilaine	4.0%
L'Hermitage	4.0%
Servon-sur-Vilaine	3.9%
Chartres-de-Bretagne	3.9%
Bourg-des-Comptes	3.9%
Vern-sur-Seiche	3.8%
Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier	3.8%
Cancale	3.8%
Bourgbarré	3.7%
Crevin	3.7%
Thorigné-Fouillard	3.7%
Lécousse	3.6%
Betton	3.5%
Saint-Briac-sur-Mer	3.5%
Orgères (35)	3.4%
Châteaubourg (35)	3.4%
Pacé (35)	3.3%
Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné	3.3%
Saint-Coulomb	3.2%
Breteil	3.1%
Saint-Gilles (35)	3.0%
Vezin-le-Coquet	2.8%
Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande	2.8%
Melesse	2.7%
Domloup	2.1%
La Mézière	2.1%
Nouvoitou	2.1%
Saint-Lunaire	1.9%

INSEE counts a home as vacant when nobody lives in it: for sale, to let, already let or sold but not yet occupied, awaiting repair, or kept empty. Second homes are counted apart and are not included. The latest census is the rolling survey of 2021 to 2025.

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Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €252,810. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €984 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.

Payment, two incomes: 22%
Payment, one income: 44%

New homes

17.6% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months: 12,128
Per 1,000 residents: 10.8

People and new homes

In 2022 the population grew by 11,434 while 10,122 homes were started: 1.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2022: 1.1
Population change, 2022: +11,434

Renovation

In 2025, 19% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025: 19%

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €39M of housing works here in 2025, and €71.4M since 2024.

Signed in 2025: €39M
Per resident, 2025: €35