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Housing stock in France

Occupancy, building type and age of the housing stock from Census 2021.

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings37,042,023
Occupied30,342,390
Unoccupied6,631,89117.9 %

Building type

One-dwelling building52.5 %
Two-dwelling building3.3 %
3+ dwelling building44.0 %

Construction period

Before 191913.5 %
1919–19458.9 %
1946–196012.2 %
1961–198022.1 %
1981–200024.4 %
2001–201010.3 %
2011–20155.1 %
2016 and after3.3 %
EUROSTAT · STOCK

Key reading note

Reference years differ by source: heating systems are measured in 2023, several housing-condition indicators in 2025, and housing-stock structure in Census 2021. Percentages from different blocks should therefore not be added together.

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