Petite-Île · report
Renovation in Petite-Île
In 2025, 12% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 12%
Homes authorised in Petite-Île: 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 | 88 | 12 | 100 |
| 2024 | 93 | 5 | 98 |
| 2023 | 126 | 5 | 131 |
| 2022 | 131 | 8 | 139 |
| 2021 | 102 | 9 | 111 |
| 2020 | 146 | 9 | 155 |
| 2019 | 122 | 8 | 130 |
| 2018 | 214 | 19 | 233 |
| 2017 | 52 | 11 | 63 |
| 2016 | 107 | 2 | 109 |
| 2015 | 103 | — | 103 |
| 2014 | 64 | — | 64 |
| 2013 | 51 | 1 | 52 |
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 €241,830. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €941 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 30%
- Payment, one income
- 59%
Figures for La Réunion: Petite-Île has no reliable figures of its own.
17.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,521
In 2022 the population grew by 147 while 105 homes were started: 1.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.4
- Population change, 2022
- +147
8.3% of the 6,136 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.3%
- Empty homes
- 510
Public bodies signed €1.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €2.9M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €1.4M
- Per resident, 2025
- €106