Girona recorded in April 2025 a total of 1,483 empty homes, according to the latest municipal study. This figure represents a reduction of 10% compared to the historical maximum reached in 2024, when 1,648 unoccupied flats were registered in the city.
Descent after the 2024 record
The municipal report confirms that the number of empty homes in 2025 is the second highest figure in the last eleven years. The minimum was detected in 2021, with 785 uninhabited flats. The study highlights that the 1,483 empty flats represent 3.03% of Girona's residential stock, which totals 49,022 homes.
The document indicates that the decrease registered this year occurs after a change in the counting methodology implemented in 2024. Now, the main criterion is water consumption, followed by registration. The threshold set to consider a home vacant is a consumption lower than five cubic meters.
Methodology and limitations of the count
The study recognizes that there is no specific register of empty or for-rent homes, which is why indirect registers are used. Furthermore, homes registered less than two years ago are not considered empty. The report warns of possible inaccuracies after comparing the different municipal censuses.
"Low water consumption is considered a parameter to establish that the dwelling is empty or underutilized" - Municipal report
The analysis also detects 7,344 homes in use that do not appear in the registry. According to the report, in 2025 the registry of Girona was 109,045 inhabitants, although it would be necessary to add 19,902 possible residents in homes in use without registration.
Distribution by neighborhoods and zones of Girona
The presence of empty homes varies notably according to the areas of the city. The sectors with the most unoccupied flats, with figures ranging between 101 and 397, are Eixample Sud, Eixample Nord, Mercadal and Barri Vell. In the latter, the island of houses located on the first line of the Onyar river, between Plaça de la Independència and Plaça de Catalunya, concentrates between 21 and 25 unused properties.
In the neighborhoods of Font de la Pólvora, Carme-Vista Alegre and Santa Eugènia, the number of empty homes is between 51 and 100. On the contrary, the neighborhoods with the fewest empty apartments, between one and five, are Fontajau, Domeny Nord, Germans Sàbat and Mas Xirgu.
Other areas like Domeny Sud, Torre Gironella, Sant Narcís and Sant Ponç have between six and ten unoccupied homes. In Taialà, Can Gibert, l"Avellaneda, Palau, Montilivi, la Creueta, Vila-roja, Sant Daniel, Montjuïc, Pedret and Pont Major, the figure ranges between eleven and fifty.
The study concludes that, despite the reduction recorded in the last year, the number of empty homes in Girona remains high compared to the last decade and their distribution presents significant differences between neighborhoods.