Gorinchem · report
Renovation in Gorinchem
In 2024, 30% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 30%
Homes finished in Gorinchem, 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 | 195 | — | 85 | 280 |
| 2023 | 155 | — | 95 | 250 |
| 2022 | 195 | — | 55 | 250 |
| 2021 | 180 | — | 95 | 275 |
| 2020 | 130 | — | 50 | 180 |
| 2019 | 445 | — | 165 | 610 |
| 2018 | 140 | — | 40 | 180 |
| 2017 | 70 | — | 40 | 110 |
| 2016 | 240 | — | 20 | 260 |
| 2015 | 190 | — | 45 | 235 |
| 2014 | 20 | — | 20 | 40 |
| 2013 | 375 | — | 65 | 440 |
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 €446,015. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,903 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
- 23%
- Payment, one income
- 45%
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
- €863
- Owning per month
- €1,879
98.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 3
- Per 1,000 residents
- 0.1
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −18.3%
- Recovery from the low
- 60 months
In 2025 the population grew by 216 while 161 homes were finished: 1.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.3
- Population change, 2025
- +216
4.7% of the 18,295 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.7%
- Empty homes
- 860