Dordrecht · report
Renovation in Dordrecht
In 2024, 27% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 27%
Homes finished in Dordrecht, by type of work
Dwellings added each year: by new building, and in existing buildings by transformation, splitting, rebuilding or a change of use. CBS, from the buildings register.
- Conversions
- Extensions
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Extensions | Conversions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 305 | — | 110 | 415 |
| 2023 | 695 | — | 125 | 820 |
| 2022 | 160 | — | 345 | 505 |
| 2021 | 505 | — | 285 | 790 |
| 2020 | 385 | — | 265 | 650 |
| 2019 | 245 | — | 135 | 380 |
| 2018 | 275 | — | 80 | 355 |
| 2017 | 225 | — | 165 | 390 |
| 2016 | 75 | — | 95 | 170 |
| 2015 | 205 | — | 125 | 330 |
| 2014 | 40 | — | 40 | 80 |
| 2013 | 145 | — | 85 | 230 |
CBS counts dwellings, so renovation that adds no dwelling (refurbishing, insulating) is not counted. Homes gained in existing buildings are counted gross: homes lost to merging or demolition are not taken off. From 2012.
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At the average sale price, a home costs €391,755. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,671 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
- 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
- €810
- Owning per month
- €1,651
66.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 724
- Per 1,000 residents
- 5.9
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −16.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 60 months
In 2025 the population grew by 198 while 525 homes were finished: 0.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.4
- Population change, 2025
- +198
4.7% of the 58,075 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.7%
- Empty homes
- 2,725