EU 7.79
· European ranking
15 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
France: Housing Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
6.40% of population
EU 7.79 · -1.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households where total housing costs exceed 40% of disposable household income.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Housing cost overburden rate ilc_lvho07_r
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Internal regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
At a glance
France performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to available multi-year trend with recent update. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in France
In France, Housing burden is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 6.4% versus 7.8% in 2025, with a gap of 1.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In France, the available multi-year period is broadly stable: the value moved from 6.50% in 2022 to 6.40% in 2025. The latest update, from 7.00% in 2024 to 6.40% in 2025, shows improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In France, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.