La Roche-sur-Yon · report
Renovation in La Roche-sur-Yon
In 2025, 26% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 26%
Homes authorised in La Roche-sur-Yon: 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 | 695 | 248 | 943 |
| 2024 | 336 | 81 | 417 |
| 2023 | 611 | 67 | 678 |
| 2022 | 624 | 53 | 677 |
| 2021 | 597 | 34 | 631 |
| 2020 | 391 | 29 | 420 |
| 2019 | 388 | 32 | 420 |
| 2018 | 244 | 65 | 309 |
| 2017 | 430 | 20 | 450 |
| 2016 | 468 | 18 | 486 |
| 2015 | 178 | 94 | 272 |
| 2014 | 207 | 48 | 255 |
| 2013 | 213 | 21 | 234 |
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 €214,290. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €834 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
- €1,063
- Owning per month
- €802
Figures for Vendée: La Roche-sur-Yon has no reliable figures of its own.
16.8% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,026
In 2022 the population grew by 150 while 621 homes were started: 0.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.2
- Population change, 2022
- +150
6.6% of the 31,533 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.6%
- Empty homes
- 2,072