How far back does the France housing stock data go?

The annual series for France's housing stock and social housing indicators begin in 1970 and are updated annually as new official figures are released.

What regional breakdowns are available for French housing?

The data is available at the national level (Metropolitan France and France excluding Mayotte), as well as by region and département, including areas like Île-de-France, Bretagne, and Occitanie.

Does this table include the cost of new dwellings in France?

Yes, the dataset provides the median cost per square metre, median cost per dwelling, and median useful floor area for both new and refurbished dwellings across different French regions.

France housing stock and social housing

Name: France housing stock and social housing
Creator: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

France's housing stock and social housing data by region and département, from INSEE.

Source: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)Last updated: Sep 17, 2026, 16:50Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987	1986	1985	1984	1983	1982	1981	1980	1979	1978	1977	1976	1975	1974	1973	1972	1971	1970
Total number of dwellings - Metropolitan France	37,445	37,163	36,868	36,560	36,247	35,958	35,637	35,311	34,981	34,646	34,307	33,943	33,575	33,212	32,860	32,520	32,174	31,819	31,449	31,060	30,687	30,339	29,994	29,660	29,329	28,988	28,657	28,400	28,135	27,869	27,593	27,310	27,044	26,773	26,499	26,197	25,930	25,660	25,361	25,038	24,713	24,368	24,003	23,652
Number of main residences - Total - Metropolitan France	30,909	30,658	30,396	30,123	29,827	29,577	29,309	29,053	28,786	28,548	28,330	28,094	27,855	27,616	27,396	27,155	26,914	26,662	26,399	26,092	25,788	25,465	25,140	24,804	24,464	24,134	23,815	23,531	23,284	23,036	22,779	22,519	22,273	22,023	21,771	21,496	21,292	21,086	20,857	20,610	20,360	20,095	19,812	19,542
Number of second homes and occasional dwellings - Metropolitan France	3,687	3,657	3,625	3,592	3,567	3,534	3,494	3,466	3,420	3,366	3,308	3,251	3,199	3,163	3,126	3,109	3,099	3,099	3,082	3,064	3,023	2,993	2,968	2,946	2,931	2,915	2,898	2,890	2,882	2,874	2,864	2,854	2,844	2,834	2,823	2,809	2,746	2,683	2,617	2,546	2,476	2,404	2,331	2,260
Number of vacant dwellings - Metropolitan France	2,849	2,849	2,848	2,845	2,853	2,847	2,834	2,793	2,775	2,732	2,668	2,597	2,521	2,433	2,338	2,257	2,161	2,058	1,968	1,903	1,875	1,881	1,886	1,910	1,934	1,939	1,945	1,979	1,969	1,960	1,949	1,937	1,927	1,916	1,905	1,892	1,892	1,891	1,888	1,882	1,877	1,869	1,859	1,850
Number of main residences - One-family dwelling - Metropolitan France	17,079	16,992	16,898	16,797	16,675	16,588	16,490	16,353	16,240	16,136	16,029	15,903	15,775	15,646	15,524	15,382	15,241	15,083	14,908	14,711	14,527	14,330	14,128	13,921	13,714	13,516	13,329	13,150	12,998	12,854	12,707	12,570	12,442	12,306	12,162	12,006	11,877	11,738	11,587	11,389	11,190	10,981	10,762	10,550
Number of main residences - Multi-family dwelling - Metropolitan France	13,830	13,666	13,498	13,326	13,152	12,989	12,819	12,700	12,545	12,412	12,301	12,192	12,079	11,970	11,872	11,773	11,672	11,579	11,491	11,381	11,262	11,135	11,012	10,883	10,751	10,618	10,486	10,382	10,286	10,182	10,072	9,949	9,832	9,716	9,609	9,490	9,415	9,348	9,269	9,220	9,170	9,114	9,051	8,992
Main residences - Proportion of homeowners - Metropolitan France	57.6	57.6	57.6	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	51	51
Main residences - Proportion of homeowners with a loan - Metropolitan France	22.7	22.5	22.2	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	23
Main residences - Proportion of homeowners without a loan - Metropolitan France	34.8	35.1	35.4	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	27
Main residences - Proportion of tenants - Metropolitan France	40.3	40.3	40.2	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42
Main residences - Proportion of tenants of a public landlord - Metropolitan France	17.6	17.6	17.6	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Main residences - Proportion of tenants of a private landlord - Metropolitan France	22.7	22.6	22.6	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27
Main residences - Proportion of persons accommodated for free - Metropolitan France	2.1	2.1	2.1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8
Total number of dwellings - France excluding Mayotte	38,437	38,144	37,837	37,517	37,196	36,895	36,563	36,222	35,880	35,535	35,182	34,800	34,415	34,038	33,672	33,314	32,952	32,580	32,190	31,784	31,395	31,031	30,669	30,319	29,972	29,614	29,266	28,992	28,710	28,428	28,134	27,835	27,553	27,264	26,974	26,656	26,377	26,097	25,787	25,453	25,117	24,761	24,385	24,023
Number of main residences - Total - France excluding Mayotte	31,722	31,463	31,192	30,911	30,608	30,348	30,071	29,807	29,532	29,289	29,064	28,817	28,566	28,319	28,091	27,835	27,582	27,319	27,040	26,718	26,400	26,061	25,721	25,371	25,016	24,671	24,337	24,039	23,778	23,516	23,246	22,972	22,712	22,448	22,182	21,894	21,679	21,462	21,221	20,962	20,702	20,425	20,131	19,849
Number of second homes and occasional dwellings - France excluding Mayotte	3,753	3,720	3,686	3,651	3,623	3,587	3,545	3,514	3,465	3,407	3,347	3,287	3,232	3,196	3,157	3,139	3,128	3,127	3,108	3,090	3,049	3,018	2,992	2,970	2,954	2,938	2,920	2,912	2,904	2,896	2,886	2,875	2,866	2,856	2,845	2,831	2,767	2,703	2,637	2,566	2,496	2,423	2,350	2,279
Number of vacant dwellings - France excluding Mayotte	2,962	2,961	2,959	2,956	2,965	2,960	2,947	2,901	2,883	2,839	2,772	2,696	2,617	2,523	2,424	2,340	2,242	2,134	2,042	1,976	1,947	1,951	1,955	1,978	2,001	2,005	2,009	2,041	2,028	2,016	2,002	1,988	1,974	1,961	1,947	1,932	1,932	1,932	1,929	1,925	1,920	1,913	1,904	1,895
Number of main residences - One-family dwelling - France excluding Mayotte	17,618	17,527	17,428	17,323	17,199	17,106	17,005	16,863	16,748	16,643	16,534	16,403	16,271	16,138	16,012	15,863	15,718	15,554	15,372	15,163	14,968	14,759	14,547	14,328	14,110	13,901	13,702	13,516	13,357	13,206	13,053	12,909	12,774	12,632	12,481	12,318	12,180	12,032	11,873	11,666	11,458	11,240	11,011	10,791
Number of main residences - Multi-family dwelling - France excluding Mayotte	14,104	13,936	13,764	13,588	13,409	13,242	13,067	12,944	12,784	12,646	12,529	12,414	12,295	12,181	12,078	11,973	11,864	11,765	11,668	11,555	11,432	11,302	11,175	11,043	10,907	10,770	10,635	10,523	10,420	10,310	10,193	10,063	9,938	9,816	9,701	9,576	9,499	9,430	9,348	9,296	9,244	9,185	9,120	9,058
Main residences - Proportion of homeowners - France excluding Mayotte	57.4	57.5	57.5	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	51	51
Main residences - Proportion of homeowners with a loan - France excluding Mayotte	22.6	22.3	22.1	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	25	25	26	26	25	25	24	24	23	23
Main residences - Proportion of homeowners without a loan - France excluding Mayotte	34.9	35.1	35.4	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28
Main residences - Proportion of tenants - France excluding Mayotte	40.3	40.3	40.3	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42
Main residences - Proportion of tenants of a public landlord - France excluding Mayotte	17.6	17.6	17.6	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Main residences - Proportion of tenants of a private landlord - France excluding Mayotte	22.7	22.7	22.7	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27
Main residences - Proportion of persons accommodated for free - France excluding Mayotte	2.2	2.2	2.2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8
Total number of dwellings - One-family dwelling - France excluding Mayotte	20,917	20,845	20,764	20,674	20,570	20,494	20,403	20,227	20,100	19,966	19,804	19,615	19,426	19,233	19,047	18,852	18,668	18,475	18,257	18,016	17,770	17,534	17,295	17,060	16,830	16,599	16,380	16,218	16,066	15,921	15,775	15,638	15,512	15,377	15,231	15,071	14,916	14,750	14,569	14,328	14,085	13,829	13,560	13,301
Total number of dwellings - Multi-family dwelling - France excluding Mayotte	17,520	17,300	17,074	16,843	16,625	16,401	16,160	15,995	15,779	15,569	15,378	15,186	14,989	14,804	14,625	14,462	14,283	14,104	13,932	13,769	13,625	13,497	13,374	13,258	13,142	13,014	12,886	12,774	12,645	12,507	12,360	12,197	12,041	11,887	11,743	11,585	11,462	11,347	11,219	11,126	11,032	10,932	10,824	10,722
Number of second homes and occasional dwellings - One-family dwelling - France excluding Mayotte	1,964	1,965	1,966	1,966	1,968	1,967	1,964	1,951	1,946	1,933	1,916	1,901	1,889	1,878	1,865	1,863	1,873	1,894	1,903	1,905	1,879	1,858	1,839	1,822	1,808	1,794	1,780	1,775	1,770	1,767	1,763	1,760	1,759	1,756	1,753	1,747	1,726	1,704	1,681	1,649	1,618	1,585	1,551	1,518
Number of second homes and occasional dwellings - Multi-family dwelling - France excluding Mayotte	1,790	1,755	1,720	1,685	1,654	1,620	1,580	1,563	1,519	1,474	1,430	1,385	1,343	1,318	1,292	1,275	1,255	1,232	1,205	1,185	1,170	1,161	1,154	1,148	1,146	1,144	1,140	1,137	1,134	1,129	1,123	1,115	1,107	1,100	1,092	1,083	1,041	999	957	917	878	839	799	761
Number of vacant dwellings - One-family dwelling - France excluding Mayotte	1,335	1,353	1,369	1,385	1,403	1,421	1,434	1,414	1,407	1,390	1,353	1,310	1,266	1,218	1,170	1,125	1,078	1,027	982	947	924	917	910	911	912	905	898	927	938	948	958	969	979	989	998	1,006	1,010	1,013	1,015	1,012	1,009	1,004	998	993
Number of vacant dwellings - Multi-family dwelling - France excluding Mayotte	1,627	1,609	1,590	1,571	1,562	1,539	1,513	1,487	1,476	1,449	1,418	1,386	1,350	1,306	1,254	1,214	1,164	1,107	1,059	1,029	1,023	1,034	1,046	1,067	1,089	1,100	1,111	1,113	1,091	1,068	1,044	1,019	995	972	949	926	922	919	914	912	911	908	905	903
Social housing by region and département2
Social housing units per 10,000 inhabitants117
Average monthly rent per m² in social housing117
Cost of new social housing5
New dwellings: median cost per m²19
New dwellings: median cost per dwelling19
New dwellings: median useful floor area19
Refurbished dwellings: median cost per m²19
Refurbished dwellings: median cost per dwelling19
Structural housing indicators (ECB)7
Dwellings	37,445	37,163	36,868	36,560	36,247	35,958	35,637	35,311	34,981	34,646	34,307	33,943	33,575	33,212	32,860	32,520	32,174	31,819	31,449	31,060	30,687	30,339	29,994	29,660	29,329	28,988	28,657	28,400	28,135	27,869	27,593	27,310	27,044	26,773	26,499	26,197	25,930	25,660	25,361	25,038	24,713	24,368	24,003	23,652
Private households	31,722	31,463	31,192	30,911	30,608	30,348	30,071	29,807	29,532	29,289	29,064	28,817	28,566	28,319	28,091	27,835	27,582	27,319	27,040	26,718	26,400	26,061	25,721	25,371	25,016	24,671	24,337	24,039	23,778	23,516	23,246	22,972	22,712	22,448	22,182	21,894	21,679	21,462	21,221	20,962	20,702	20,425	20,131	19,849
Housing starts	258.86	257.66	296.94	391.74	415.2	372.36	382.72	400.44	434.1	369.4	341	336.9	364.1	383.3	431	413.9	346.1	399.1	489.2	493.8	464.8	414.4	363.9	342.3	337	337.7	354.1	334.1	294.3	285.2	298.6	320	276.7	275.4	301.7	308.8	351.9	348.8	334	319.7	321	320.6	360	369	406.5	415.9
Residential property transactions	952	845	932	1,166	1,230	1,040	1,087	982	971	850	801	694	720	708	801	775	594	673	810	820	829	823	814	811	784	793	742	658	589	689	532	559	516	498	508	577	562	544	545	466	428	398	386	359	365	389	388	345	322	353	304	305	323	306	259	239
Value of residential property transactions	234,066.27	198,168.95	226,085.15	288,066.06	290,388.91	228,923.6	229,397.15	201,170.35	194,994.72	166,662.31	156,371.5	134,708.66	141,684.38	142,804.91	161,904.99	149,974.41	107,459.76	131,127.58	156,606.65	148,931.45	134,448.46	115,150.52	97,792.92	88,298.08	79,622.76	76,516.77	71,300	60,900	55,600	49,900	42,300	46,100	40,100	41,200	43,000	45,900
Type of tenure of occupied dwellings2
Vacancy rate	7.71	7.76	7.82	7.88	7.97	8.02	8.06	8.01	8.04	7.99	7.88	7.75	7.6	7.41	7.2	7.02	6.8	6.55	6.34	6.22	6.2	6.29	6.37	6.52	6.68	6.77	6.86	7.04	7.06	7.09	7.12	7.14	7.16	7.19	7.22	7.25	7.32	7.4	7.48	7.56	7.64	7.73	7.81	7.89

Latest reading

Total number of dwellings - Metropolitan France stood at 37,445 Thousands in 2025. That is +0.8% from 2024. The series on this page is annual and runs from 1982 to 2025.

Latest: 37,445 Thousands; 2025
vs previous period: +0.8%; 2024

About this data

France's housing stock and social housing data by region and département, from INSEE. This annual dataset covers the total number of dwellings, main residences, second homes, and vacant dwellings since 1970. It includes the proportion of homeowners and tenants of public or private landlords. It also provides the median cost and useful floor area of new and refurbished dwellings by region.

Frequently asked questions

What does the France housing stock dataset measure?: This dataset from INSEE measures the total number of dwellings in France, broken down into main residences, second homes, and vacant dwellings. It also tracks homeownership rates and the share of tenants in public and private housing.
How far back does the France housing stock data go?: The annual series for France's housing stock and social housing indicators begin in 1970 and are updated annually as new official figures are released.
What regional breakdowns are available for French housing?: The data is available at the national level (Metropolitan France and France excluding Mayotte), as well as by region and département, including areas like Île-de-France, Bretagne, and Occitanie.
Does this table include the cost of new dwellings in France?: Yes, the dataset provides the median cost per square metre, median cost per dwelling, and median useful floor area for both new and refurbished dwellings across different French regions.