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Renovation in Schœlcher
In 2025, 41% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 41%
Homes authorised in Schœlcher: 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 | 30 | 21 | 51 |
| 2024 | 130 | 9 | 139 |
| 2023 | 50 | 25 | 75 |
| 2022 | 32 | 7 | 39 |
| 2021 | 42 | 46 | 88 |
| 2020 | 112 | 7 | 119 |
| 2019 | 51 | 75 | 126 |
| 2018 | 38 | 18 | 56 |
| 2017 | 74 | 11 | 85 |
| 2016 | 55 | 38 | 93 |
| 2015 | 174 | 19 | 193 |
| 2014 | 57 | 42 | 99 |
| 2013 | 192 | 20 | 212 |
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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Figures for France: Schœlcher has no reliable figures of its own.
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €294,840. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,148 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 27%
- Payment, one income
- 53%
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
- €1,538
- Owning per month
- €1,079
Figures for Martinique: Schœlcher has no reliable figures of its own.
2.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,536
In 2022 the population grew by 136 while 33 homes were started: 4.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 4.1
- Population change, 2022
- +136
12.9% of the 11,863 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.9%
- Empty homes
- 1,531