Bergen op Zoom · report
People and new homes in Bergen op Zoom
In 2025 the population grew by 502 while 272 homes were finished: 1.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.8
- Population change, 2025
- +502
Population change and homes finished in Bergen op Zoom
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 | 502 |
| 2024 | 503 |
| 2023 | 838 |
| 2022 | 979 |
| 2021 | 386 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2019 | 686 |
| 2018 | 455 |
| 2017 | 190 |
| 2016 | -65 |
| 2015 | -79 |
| 2014 | -93 |
| 2013 | 130 |
| 2012 | 154 |
| 2011 | 50 |
| 2010 | 228 |
| 2009 | 263 |
| 2008 | 323 |
| 2007 | -211 |
| 2006 | -338 |
| 2005 | -543 |
| 2004 | 138 |
| 2003 | 105 |
| 2002 | 199 |
| 2001 | 379 |
| 2000 | 257 |
| 1999 | 418 |
| 1998 | 665 |
| 1997 | 745 |
| 1996 | 614 |
| 1995 | 838 |
| 1994 | 453 |
| 1993 | -63 |
| 1992 | 287 |
| 1991 | 359 |
| 1990 | 30 |
| 1989 | 28 |
| 1988 | 233 |
| 1987 | 256 |
| 1986 | 250 |
| 1985 | 398 |
| 1984 | 127 |
| 1983 | 390 |
| 1982 | 123 |
| 1981 | 629 |
| 1980 | 706 |
| 1979 | 440 |
| 1978 | 458 |
| 1977 | 689 |
| 1976 | 1,371 |
| 1975 | 565 |
| 1974 | 169 |
| 1973 | -14 |
| 1972 | 94 |
| 1971 | 351 |
| 1970 | 565 |
| 1969 | 684 |
| 1968 | -119 |
| 1967 | 341 |
| 1966 | 478 |
| 1965 | 343 |
| 1964 | 199 |
| 1963 | 316 |
| 1962 | 470 |
| 1961 | 219 |
| 1960 | 382 |
| 1959 | 173 |
| 1958 | 363 |
| 1957 | 599 |
| 1956 | 500 |
| 1955 | 884 |
| 1954 | 553 |
| 1953 | 618 |
| 1952 | 605 |
| 1951 | 368 |
| 1950 | 522 |
| 1949 | 650 |
| 1948 | 419 |
| 1947 | 577 |
| 1946 | 421 |
| 1945 | -375 |
| 1944 | 2,057 |
| 1943 | 377 |
| 1942 | -87 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 272 |
| 2024 | 216 |
| 2023 | 550 |
| 2022 | 379 |
| 2021 | 284 |
| 2020 | 112 |
| 2019 | 488 |
| 2018 | 346 |
| 2017 | 226 |
| 2016 | 261 |
| 2015 | 61 |
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Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | −386 | +299 | −87 | — |
| 1943 | +37 | +340 | +377 | — |
| 1944 | +1,773 | +284 | +2,057 | — |
| 1945 | −770 | +395 | −375 | — |
| 1946 | −164 | +585 | +421 | — |
| 1947 | −32 | +609 | +577 | — |
| 1948 | −138 | +557 | +419 | — |
| 1949 | +145 | +505 | +650 | — |
| 1950 | +75 | +447 | +522 | — |
| 1951 | −28 | +396 | +368 | — |
| 1952 | +131 | +474 | +605 | — |
| 1953 | +154 | +464 | +618 | — |
| 1954 | +82 | +471 | +553 | — |
| 1955 | +355 | +529 | +884 | — |
| 1956 | +59 | +441 | +500 | — |
| 1957 | +152 | +447 | +599 | — |
| 1958 | −108 | +471 | +363 | — |
| 1959 | −347 | +520 | +173 | — |
| 1960 | −58 | +440 | +382 | — |
| 1961 | −251 | +470 | +219 | — |
| 1962 | +17 | +453 | +470 | — |
| 1963 | −188 | +504 | +316 | — |
| 1964 | −293 | +492 | +199 | — |
| 1965 | −61 | +404 | +343 | — |
| 1966 | +51 | +427 | +478 | — |
| 1967 | −39 | +380 | +341 | — |
| 1968 | −420 | +301 | −119 | — |
| 1969 | +344 | +340 | +684 | — |
| 1970 | +203 | +362 | +565 | — |
| 1971 | +49 | +302 | +351 | — |
| 1972 | −132 | +226 | +94 | — |
| 1973 | −255 | +241 | −14 | — |
| 1974 | −36 | +205 | +169 | — |
| 1975 | +485 | +80 | +565 | — |
| 1976 | +1,251 | +120 | +1,371 | — |
| 1977 | +619 | +70 | +689 | — |
| 1978 | +316 | +142 | +458 | — |
| 1979 | +281 | +159 | +440 | — |
| 1980 | +490 | +216 | +706 | — |
| 1981 | +450 | +179 | +629 | — |
| 1982 | +26 | +97 | +123 | — |
| 1983 | +227 | +163 | +390 | — |
| 1984 | −40 | +167 | +127 | — |
| 1985 | +237 | +161 | +398 | — |
| 1986 | +117 | +133 | +250 | — |
| 1987 | +93 | +163 | +256 | — |
| 1988 | +44 | +189 | +233 | — |
| 1989 | −97 | +125 | +28 | — |
| 1990 | −139 | +169 | +30 | — |
| 1991 | +160 | +199 | +359 | — |
| 1992 | +88 | +199 | +287 | — |
| 1993 | −171 | +108 | −63 | — |
| 1994 | +280 | +173 | +453 | — |
| 1995 | +789 | +49 | +838 | — |
| 1996 | +479 | +135 | +614 | — |
| 1997 | +565 | +180 | +745 | — |
| 1998 | +460 | +205 | +665 | — |
| 1999 | +222 | +196 | +418 | — |
| 2000 | +77 | +180 | +257 | — |
| 2001 | +200 | +179 | +379 | — |
| 2002 | +56 | +143 | +199 | — |
| 2003 | −63 | +168 | +105 | — |
| 2004 | −7 | +145 | +138 | — |
| 2005 | −551 | +8 | −543 | — |
| 2006 | −348 | +10 | −338 | — |
| 2007 | −195 | −16 | −211 | — |
| 2008 | +260 | +63 | +323 | — |
| 2009 | +248 | +15 | +263 | — |
| 2010 | +160 | +68 | +228 | — |
| 2011 | −11 | +61 | +50 | — |
| 2012 | +122 | +32 | +154 | — |
| 2013 | +84 | +46 | +130 | — |
| 2014 | −113 | +20 | −93 | — |
| 2015 | −44 | −35 | −79 | 61 |
| 2016 | −22 | −43 | −65 | 261 |
| 2017 | +249 | −59 | +190 | 226 |
| 2018 | +505 | −50 | +455 | 346 |
| 2019 | +677 | +9 | +686 | 488 |
| 2020 | +189 | −166 | +23 | 112 |
| 2021 | +488 | −102 | +386 | 284 |
| 2022 | +1,064 | −85 | +979 | 379 |
| 2023 | +1,003 | −165 | +838 | 550 |
| 2024 | +660 | −157 | +503 | 216 |
| 2025 | +616 | −114 | +502 | 272 |
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.
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At the average sale price, a home costs €398,490. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,700 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
- 20%
- Payment, one income
- 41%
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
- €854
- Owning per month
- €1,679
38.3% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 211
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.0
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −15.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 60 months
3.9% of the 32,285 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.9%
- Empty homes
- 1,255
In 2024, 7% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 7%