Le Portel · report
Renovation in Le Portel
In 2025, 4% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 4%
Homes authorised in Le Portel: 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 | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| 2024 | 37 | — | 37 |
| 2023 | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2017 | 35 | — | 35 |
| 2016 | 29 | 1 | 30 |
| 2013 | 19 | — | 19 |
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 €171,090. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €666 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
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
- €1,033
- Owning per month
- €681
Figures for Pas-de-Calais: Le Portel has no reliable figures of its own.
11.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 6,067
In 2022 the population fell by 56 while 2 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 2
- Population change, 2022
- −56
8.5% of the 4,753 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.5%
- Empty homes
- 403
Public bodies signed €1.2M of housing works here in 2024, and €1.2M since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €1.2M
- Per resident, 2024
- €131