Renovation in Sabadell

Households

83,559

Idescat, 2021

Owner-occupied

73.2%

61,128 homes

Most common home

61–90 m²

48.2% of homes

Dwellings built before 1981

56,073

4% of the ring

Average household income

20,303 €

Idescat, 2023

What the housing stock is like here

Sabadell has 83,556 main homes, and the most common size is 61 to 90 m² — 48.2% of them. Neither the small end (18.9% under 60 m²) nor the large (32.9% over 90 m²) dominates: all three kinds of job happen here.

61,128 of those homes are owner-occupied, 73.2%. That is the figure that actually matters for a renovation, because a tenant does not commission a kitchen. There are 83,559 households and 224,589 residents in total.

56,073 homes were built before 1981, 4% of all the older stock across the 85 municipalities. In that band you normally find wiring with no earth, original soil pipes and aluminium windows with no thermal break, and that is what pushes a quote up. Gross disposable household income is €20,303 per resident (Idescat, 2023).

Catalan-speaking, with a lot of 1970s housing. Flats run slightly larger than in the city, so a full renovation works out better per square metre.

Size of the main home

45 m² or less	2,241		2.7%
46–60 m²	13,494		16.2%
61–90 m²	40,140		48.2%
91–120 m²	16,782		20.1%
Over 120 m²	10,647		12.8%