Saint-Nicolas · report
Renovation in Saint-Nicolas
In 2025, 2% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 2%
Homes authorised in Saint-Nicolas: 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 | 44 | 1 | 45 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 151 | — | 151 |
| 2022 | 83 | 2 | 85 |
| 2021 | 89 | — | 89 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 57 | — | 57 |
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 €166,680. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €649 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 34%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,118
- Owning per month
- €1,298
Figures for Pas-de-Calais: Saint-Nicolas 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 54 while 64 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 64
- Population change, 2022
- −54
5.7% of the 2,289 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.7%
- Empty homes
- 130
Public bodies signed €185.1K of housing works here in 2025, and €206.6K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €185.1K
- Per resident, 2025
- €41