Esch-sur-Alzette · report
Empty homes in Esch-sur-Alzette
6.9% of the 15,906 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody resident in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 6.9%
- Empty homes
- 1,102
Against the wider area
Share of homes standing empty in the 2021 census.
| Area | Empty |
|---|---|
| Esch-sur-Alzette | 6.9% |
| Esch canton | 4.8% |
| Luxembourg | 5.8% |
The 2021 census counts a conventional dwelling as unoccupied when nobody resident lives in it: empty, for sale or to let, a second home or a holiday home. It combines the population register with a census survey, every ten years; the next is in 2031.
Other reports for Esch-sur-Alzette
Figures for Luxembourg: Esch-sur-Alzette has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price of existing apartments, a 90 m² home costs €572,893. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,341 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
- 18%
- Payment, one income
- 36%
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
- €3,722
- Owning per month
- €2,263
In 2025, apartments were advertised at 16.1% more per m² than apartments sold for. A year ago the gap was +11.6%.
- Gap today
- +16.1%
- Change in a year
- +4.6 pp
Figures for Luxembourg: Esch-sur-Alzette 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 2 times since 2007. The deepest began in 2022.
- Deepest fall
- −16.9%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet