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Empty homes in Villefranche-sur-Saône

10.3% of the 20,154 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2023 census
10.3%
Empty homes
2,079

Empty homes in Villefranche-sur-Saône, census by census

Share of homes standing empty at each census, against the wider areas.

  • Villefranche-sur-Saône
  • Rhône
  • France
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CensusVillefranche-sur-SaôneRhôneFrance
202310.3%7.8%7.8%
201710.7%7.5%8.2%
20129.4%7.3%7.6%
20077.8%6.3%6.5%
19998.3%8.0%6.9%
19907.0%6.8%7.2%
19827.0%6.8%7.6%
19754.8%6.8%7.7%
19683.3%4.9%6.6%

Against the wider area

Share of homes standing empty in the 2023 census.

AreaEmpty
Villefranche-sur-Saône10.3%
Rhône7.8%
France7.8%

INSEE counts a home as vacant when nobody lives in it: for sale, to let, already let or sold but not yet occupied, awaiting repair, or kept empty. Second homes are counted apart and are not included. The latest census is the rolling survey of 2021 to 2025.

Other reports for Villefranche-sur-Saône

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €229,050. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €892 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.

Payment, two incomes
24%
Payment, one income
48%

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
€1,163
Owning per month
€820

Figures for Rhône: Villefranche-sur-Saône has no reliable figures of its own.

12.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
10,686

In 2022 the population fell by 52 while 131 homes were started.

Homes started, 2022
131
Population change, 2022
−52

In 2025, 7% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025
7%