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People and new homes in Esch canton
In 2025 the population grew by 2,556 while 877 new homes were granted a permit: 2.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.9
- Population change, 2025
- +2,556
Population change and homes permitted in Esch canton
The population's yearly change, net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes granted a building permit. STATEC.
Population change
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| Year | Population change |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,556 |
| 2024 | 2,805 |
| 2023 | 3,486 |
| 2022 | 3,359 |
| 2021 | 1,532 |
| 2020 | 2,033 |
| 2019 | 3,347 |
| 2018 | 3,659 |
| 2017 | 4,301 |
| 2016 | 3,523 |
| 2015 | 3,351 |
| 2014 | 3,644 |
| 2013 | 3,203 |
| 2012 | 3,121 |
| 2011 | 2,289 |
| 2010 | 1,994 |
| 2009 | 1,942 |
| 2008 | 2,221 |
| 2007 | 2,028 |
| 2006 | 1,656 |
| 2005 | 1,647 |
| 2004 | 1,774 |
| 2003 | 1,953 |
| 2002 | 423 |
| 2001 | 1,317 |
| 2000 | 1,448 |
| 1999 | 1,950 |
| 1998 | 1,765 |
| 1997 | 1,439 |
| 1996 | 1,402 |
| 1995 | 1,510 |
| 1994 | 1,683 |
| 1993 | 1,553 |
| 1992 | 1,722 |
| 1991 | 1,410 |
| 1990 | 1,621 |
Homes permitted
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| Year | Homes permitted |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 877 |
| 2024 | 1,074 |
| 2023 | 1,107 |
| 2022 | 878 |
| 2021 | 909 |
| 2020 | 852 |
| 2019 | 1,336 |
| 2018 | 1,144 |
| 2017 | 1,126 |
| 2016 | 951 |
| 2015 | 1,369 |
| 2014 | 1,748 |
| 2013 | 1,232 |
| 2012 | 1,249 |
| 2011 | 1,076 |
| 2010 | 772 |
| 2009 | — |
| 2008 | — |
| 2007 | — |
| 2006 | — |
| 2005 | — |
| 2004 | — |
| 2003 | — |
| 2002 | — |
| 2001 | — |
| 2000 | — |
| 1999 | — |
| 1998 | — |
| 1997 | — |
| 1996 | — |
| 1995 | — |
| 1994 | — |
| 1993 | — |
| 1992 | — |
| 1991 | — |
| 1990 | — |
Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +1,453 | +168 | +1,621 | — |
| 1991 | +1,235 | +175 | +1,410 | — |
| 1992 | +1,528 | +194 | +1,722 | — |
| 1993 | +1,146 | +407 | +1,553 | — |
| 1994 | +1,189 | +494 | +1,683 | — |
| 1995 | +1,090 | +420 | +1,510 | — |
| 1996 | +927 | +475 | +1,402 | — |
| 1997 | +1,142 | +297 | +1,439 | — |
| 1998 | +1,439 | +326 | +1,765 | — |
| 1999 | +1,525 | +425 | +1,950 | — |
| 2000 | +852 | +596 | +1,448 | — |
| 2001 | +855 | +462 | +1,317 | — |
| 2002 | −55 | +478 | +423 | — |
| 2003 | +1,638 | +315 | +1,953 | — |
| 2004 | +1,158 | +616 | +1,774 | — |
| 2005 | +1,189 | +458 | +1,647 | — |
| 2006 | +1,213 | +443 | +1,656 | — |
| 2007 | +1,673 | +355 | +2,028 | — |
| 2008 | +1,655 | +566 | +2,221 | — |
| 2009 | +1,436 | +506 | +1,942 | — |
| 2010 | +1,482 | +512 | +1,994 | 772 |
| 2011 | +1,854 | +435 | +2,289 | 1,076 |
| 2012 | +2,582 | +539 | +3,121 | 1,249 |
| 2013 | +2,601 | +602 | +3,203 | 1,232 |
| 2014 | +3,031 | +613 | +3,644 | 1,748 |
| 2015 | +2,905 | +446 | +3,351 | 1,369 |
| 2016 | +3,000 | +523 | +3,523 | 951 |
| 2017 | +3,792 | +509 | +4,301 | 1,126 |
| 2018 | +3,108 | +551 | +3,659 | 1,144 |
| 2019 | +2,738 | +609 | +3,347 | 1,336 |
| 2020 | +1,456 | +577 | +2,033 | 852 |
| 2021 | +997 | +535 | +1,532 | 909 |
| 2022 | +2,672 | +687 | +3,359 | 878 |
| 2023 | +2,822 | +664 | +3,486 | 1,107 |
| 2024 | +2,133 | +672 | +2,805 | 1,074 |
| 2025 | +1,826 | +730 | +2,556 | 877 |
Births, deaths and moves are STATEC's, from the national register of natural persons. A commune's migration counts moves from and to other communes as well as abroad; the country's counts moves abroad only. Homes finished are dwellings in completed buildings, counted for the country only and published about three years late; cantons use homes granted a permit. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.
Other reports for Esch canton
Figures for Luxembourg: Esch canton has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price of existing apartments, a 90 m² home costs €617,280. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,523 a month. Luxembourg sets no cap on the payment; the CSSF caps the loan at 100% of the home's value for first-time buyers who will live in it, 90% for other owner-occupiers and 80% for other buyers.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 39%
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 the mean price existing apartments sold for; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €3,186
- Owning per month
- €2,439
In 2025, apartments were advertised at 7.1% more per m² than apartments sold for. A year ago the gap was +7.2%.
- Gap today
- +7.1%
- Change in a year
- −0.1 pp
Figures for Luxembourg: Esch canton has no reliable figures of its own.
18.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 3,914
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2007. That fall began in 2022.
- Deepest fall
- −13.7%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
4.8% of the 74,512 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody resident in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 4.8%
- Empty homes
- 3,600