Insee Focus · November 2021 · n° 254

37.2 million dwellings in France on 1st January 2021

On 1st January 2021, French housing stock, excluding Mayotte, amounted to 37.2 million housing units. In mainland France, 82% of housing units were main residences and 55% were individual housing units. The proportion of main residences has slightly decreased for about 15 years, in favour of vacant accomodations and second homes more recently. 16% of main residences were located in the Paris region, while 37% of second homes or occasional accomodations were situated in non-urban units. The proportion of home-owners had increased until 2010 and remained stable around 58% since then. Housing stock has grown more quickly in the overseas territories than in mainland France, approximately 2.4% annually on average since 1982, compared to 1.1% in mainland France.