In central Paris, one home in five is a second home, and rents are higher there

7 November 2026

In Paris's six arrondissements with the most second and occasional homes (7, 8, 1, 6, 4, 2), 22% of dwellings are not anyone's main home, against 9% in the other fourteen. The same six have higher rents (about €28.71/m² against €25.02) and the richest residents (median living standard €44,568 a year against €34,907). In Lyon, second homes are 6.0% of dwellings citywide, against 9.9% in Paris.

Paris by arrondissement

Arrondissement	Second / occasional homes	Rent €/m²	Median living standard / year	Owner-occupied	Vacant
7th arrondissement	24.5%	€30.88	€52,840	40.7%	9.2%
8th arrondissement	23.1%	€28.40	€51,690	37.9%	13.6%
1st arrondissement	22.5%	€27.87	€39,320	30.9%	12.2%
6th arrondissement	21.6%	€29.09	€48,110	41.6%	7.7%
4th arrondissement	19.6%	€28.25	€37,400	32.5%	12.0%
2nd arrondissement	17.9%	€27.78	€38,050	34.8%	13.9%
3rd arrondissement	17.3%	€27.54	€38,940	34.5%	9.8%
9th arrondissement	15.1%	€26.62	€43,120	39.9%	8.7%
5th arrondissement	14.6%	€26.96	€40,290	34.2%	6.6%
16th arrondissement	12.0%	€27.60	€49,030	44.4%	9.3%
17th arrondissement	9.9%	€25.85	€37,840	34.5%	11.9%
10th arrondissement	9.7%	€25.10	€32,810	37.3%	14.2%
12th arrondissement	8.9%	€23.44	€33,680	32.2%	8.0%
15th arrondissement	8.8%	€25.99	€37,160	32.2%	9.4%
14th arrondissement	7.9%	€25.04	€33,090	31.7%	10.3%
11th arrondissement	7.9%	€24.71	€34,270	36.3%	12.1%
18th arrondissement	7.8%	€23.40	€27,800	31.9%	10.7%
13th arrondissement	5.2%	€24.27	€28,570	25.3%	8.3%
19th arrondissement	4.5%	€21.52	€25,420	26.8%	9.5%
20th arrondissement	3.1%	€22.29	€26,680	29.0%	7.5%

Lyon by arrondissement

Arrondissement	Second / occasional homes	Rent €/m²	Median living standard / year	Owner-occupied	Vacant
Lyon 2e	11.7%	€14.50	€32,210	26.3%	15.5%
Lyon 6e	7.4%	€14.65	€37,150	40.6%	12.8%
Lyon 3e	7.1%	€13.79	€30,190	34.1%	7.2%
Lyon 7e	6.4%	€13.40	€26,930	26.5%	8.3%
Lyon 1er	5.3%	€14.39	€28,810	30.0%	9.2%
Lyon 4e	4.9%	€14.22	€32,010	47.2%	10.8%
Lyon 9e	4.7%	€12.98	€24,160	33.3%	10.9%
Lyon 5e	3.7%	€13.35	€29,330	44.1%	8.1%
Lyon 8e	3.6%	€13.19	€23,280	28.7%	7.5%

How we did it

Housing and income: INSEE, Base du comparateur de territoires (2023): share of second and occasional homes and of vacant homes in all dwellings, share of main homes occupied by their owner, median disposable income per consumption unit. Rent: the official rent per m² on each area page (2025); for Paris it is the average over the quartiers of each arrondissement. A second home is not necessarily a holiday let; the INSEE category also covers flats kept for occasional stays.

Source: INSEE – Base du comparateur de territoires; Ville de Paris – Encadrement des loyers (open data); Métropole de Lyon – Encadrement des loyers (data.gouv.fr).