Altena · report
People and new homes in Altena
In 2025 the population grew by 218 while 206 homes were finished: 1.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.1
- Population change, 2025
- +218
Population change and homes finished in Altena
The population's yearly change, net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes finished. CBS.
Population change
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| Year | Population change |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 218 |
| 2024 | 453 |
| 2023 | 551 |
| 2022 | 717 |
| 2021 | 657 |
| 2020 | 382 |
| 2019 | 580 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 206 |
| 2024 | 271 |
| 2023 | 107 |
| 2022 | 307 |
| 2021 | 215 |
| 2020 | 195 |
| 2019 | 184 |
Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +461 | +119 | +580 | 184 |
| 2020 | +373 | +9 | +382 | 195 |
| 2021 | +536 | +121 | +657 | 215 |
| 2022 | +669 | +48 | +717 | 307 |
| 2023 | +507 | +44 | +551 | 107 |
| 2024 | +376 | +77 | +453 | 271 |
| 2025 | +103 | +115 | +218 | 206 |
Births, deaths and moves are CBS's, from the population register. A municipality's migration counts moves from other municipalities and from abroad, with administrative corrections; the Netherlands' counts moves to and from abroad only. Homes finished are dwellings added by new building: from the buildings register since 2015, and for the Netherlands from CBS's stock accounts since 1926. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.
Other reports for Altena
At the average sale price, a home costs €481,068. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,052 a month. The Netherlands sets no single cap on the payment: each year the law fixes how much of their income a household may spend on the mortgage, by income and interest rate.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 43%
Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is what private tenants pay on average, after housing benefit. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €794
- Owning per month
- €2,027
4.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 248
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.2
3.6% of the 23,855 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.6%
- Empty homes
- 870
In 2024, 11% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 11%