How many dwellings in the Netherlands?

On 1 July 2021, the Netherlands had more than 8.0 million homes. This is over 340 thousand more than five years earlier. Almost half of all homes are located in the western Netherlands. The northern Netherlands has the fewest dwellings, with 1 in 10 houses located in Groningen, Fryslân or Drenthe. Both average house prices and rents in the Netherlands have risen every year over the past five years.

Nearly 6 in 10 Dutch homes are owner-occupied and more than 4 in 10 are rental properties. At the start of 2020, the country counted 4.5 million owner-occupied homes and 3.3 million rented homes. In the four major cities, the share of rental housing is higher than the average in the Netherlands. All four major cities have more rental properties than owner-occupied homes. Seven in 10 dwellings in Amsterdam are rental properties.

Average sales price of existing homes over 350 thousand euros

In Q2 2021, existing owner-occupied dwellings were on average 13.0 percent more expensive than one year previously. The average sales price of an existing owner-occupied home was nearly 366 thousand euros in Q2 2021, i.e. over 138 thousand more than five years earlier. At more than 442 thousand euros, new-build homes were on average nearly 177 thousand euros more expensive in Q2 2021 than in Q2 2015.

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Prices of owner-occupied dwellings (year-on-year % change)

Jaar	Kwartaal	Existing owner-occupied dwellings	New owner-occupied dwellings
2016	Q1, 2016	4.1	6.9
2016	Q2, 2016	4.4	4.4
2016	Q3, 2016	5.6	1.9
2016	Q4, 2016	6.1	5.4
2017	Q1, 2017	6.8	6.1
2017	Q2, 2017	7.7	6.3
2017	Q3, 2017	7.6	6.2
2017	Q4, 2017	8.2	10.2
2018	Q1, 2018	9.0	11.5
2018	Q2, 2018	8.8	11.7
2018	Q3, 2018	9.2	16.3
2018	Q4, 2018	9.0	10.2
2019	Q1, 2019	7.9	9.5
2019	Q2, 2019	7.2	16.0
2019	Q3, 2019	6.3	6.3
2019	Q4, 2019	6.2	8.7
2020	Q1, 2020	6.6	4.6
2020	Q2, 2020	7.5	4.2
2020	Q3, 2020	8.1	10.2
2020	Q4, 2020	8.8	8.7
2021	Q1, 2021	10.3	16.8
2021	Q2, 2021	13.0	11.4

Smallest rent increase since 1960

In July 2021, housing rents were up by an average of 0.8 percent year-on-year. This is the smallest rent increase since 1960. Rents of social housing increased by an average of 0.3 percent among both housing corporations and other agencies. Rents of private sector housing increased by 2.2 percent.

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Average rent increase as per 1 July and inflation rate of the previous year (year-on-year % change)

Jaar	Inflation rate of the previous year	House rents
2010	1.2	1.6
2011	1.3	1.8
2012	2.3	2.8
2013	2.5	4.7
2014	2.5	4.4
2015	1.0	2.4
2016	0.6	1.9
2017	0.3	1.6
2018	1.4	2.3
2019	1.7	2.5
2020	2.6	2.9
2021	1.3	0.8

Regional variations in rent increase

There are considerable differences in the rent increase between the major cities and the various provinces. At 1.4 percent, the highest increase was seen in Overijssel. In Fryslân, rents fell by an average of 0.1 percent; for tenants who did not move, rents even decreased by 0.4 percent. In Groningen and Drenthe, the rents for existing tenants remained the same.

Of the four major cities, The Hague’s rent prices rose the least at 0.8 percent. That is exactly the national average. At 1.6 percent, the largest rent increase was recorded in Utrecht.

The questions

1. How are figures calculated by CBS?
2. How many dwellings in the Netherlands?
3. How fast is the Dutch population growing?
4. How tall are Dutch people?
5. How many farm animals are there in the Netherlands?
6. Which jobs often cause a poor work-life balance?
7. How many diamond wedding couples are there?
8. How much energy is from renewable sources?
9. How many people fall victim to domestic violence?
10. How many people use the Internet of Things?
11. What are the major religions?
12. What are the most popular majors?
13. What do people die of on an average day?
14. How much water do we consume?
15. What do we buy online?
16. How are the various animal species doing?
17. How many under-23s receive youth assistance?
18. Which flower bulbs are most common?
19. How many companies in the Netherlands?
20. Where do Caribbean Dutch children live?
21. How do we use our land?
22. How many electric cars are driving around?
23. Which jobs have the highest levels of mental fatigue?
24. How much nitrogen is emitted at livestock farms?
25. How many workers belong to a trade union?
26. How much have food prices gone up?
27. Where were people in the Caribbean Netherlands originally born?
28. How many families are at risk of poverty?
29. How sustainable is our behaviour?
30. What do we import from China?
31. How many girls become teenage mothers?
32. Has our purchasing power gone up or down?
33. How many adults smoke?
34. How many millionaires in the Netherlands?
35. How many tourists stay overnight in the Netherlands?
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