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Renovation in Orvault
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 Orvault: 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 | 220 | 9 | 229 |
| 2024 | 275 | 13 | 288 |
| 2023 | 65 | 3 | 68 |
| 2022 | 284 | 13 | 297 |
| 2021 | 87 | 19 | 106 |
| 2020 | 350 | 6 | 356 |
| 2019 | 312 | 2 | 314 |
| 2018 | 263 | 1 | 264 |
| 2017 | 347 | — | 347 |
| 2016 | 96 | 1 | 97 |
| 2015 | 162 | — | 162 |
| 2014 | 237 | 4 | 241 |
| 2013 | 389 | 2 | 391 |
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 €283,770. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,104 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 44%
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
- €1,239
- Owning per month
- €901
Figures for Loire-Atlantique: Orvault has no reliable figures of its own.
13.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 10,457
In 2022 the population grew by 193 while 133 homes were started: 1.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.5
- Population change, 2022
- +193
3.9% of the 13,314 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 3.9%
- Empty homes
- 518
Public bodies signed €2.9M of housing works here in 2024, and €2.9M since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €2.9M
- Per resident, 2024
- €103