Kourou · report
Renovation in Kourou
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 Kourou: 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 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| 2024 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2023 | 52 | 9 | 61 |
| 2022 | 20 | 7 | 27 |
| 2021 | 26 | 7 | 33 |
| 2020 | 19 | 6 | 25 |
| 2019 | 14 | — | 14 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 32 | — | 32 |
| 2015 | 56 | — | 56 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | — | 4 |
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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Figures for France: Kourou has no reliable figures of its own.
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €196,920. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €766 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 18%
- Payment, one income
- 35%
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
- €1,415
- Owning per month
- €659
Figures for Guyane: Kourou has no reliable figures of its own.
22.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,540
In 2022 the population grew by 354 while 13 homes were started: 27.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 27.2
- Population change, 2022
- +354
10.4% of the 9,463 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 10.4%
- Empty homes
- 980