37 million dwellings in France, excluding Mayotte, on 1st January 2020

On 1st January 2020, French housing stock, excluding Mayotte, amounted to 37 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 all main residences were located in the Paris region, while 39% of second homes were situated in non urban units and the same proportion in urban units of less than 100,000 inhabitants. 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 2.5% annually on average since 1982, compared to 1.1% in mainland France.