2023-10-11 18:00:00
According to an INSEE study, France had 37.8 million housing units on January 1, 2023, an increase of 3.4 million in ten years and 13.4 million since 1983. Over the last forty years, the housing stock in France increased by 1.1% per year on average, a rate which has however slowed over the past five years to stand at 0.9%.
According to international data from the OECD, France has 557 housing units per 1,000 inhabitants, only ahead of Portugal (577) and Greece (574), but far ahead of Germany (508), the Netherlands (449) or the United Kingdom (433). We also build more in France than anywhere else in Europe (6 housing units per year per 1,000 inhabitants), compared to, for example, 4 in Sweden, 3 in Germany and 2 in the United Kingdom.
More owners, fewer people housed free of charge
According to INSEE, out of 100 housing units, 82 are primary residences, 10 are secondary residences or occasional housing and 8 are vacant. The share of primary residences decreased between 1983 and 1990, from 82.5 to 82.1%, then increased until 2006, from 82.1 to 83.9%, before decreasing again since then. The share of second homes and occasional accommodation has increased since the start of the 2010s, going from 9.5% in 2011 to 9.9% in 2023.
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