Gouda · report
People and new homes in Gouda
In 2025 the population grew by 1,303 while 645 homes were finished: 2.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.0
- Population change, 2025
- +1,303
Population change and homes finished in Gouda
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 | 1,303 |
| 2024 | 764 |
| 2023 | 446 |
| 2022 | 1,226 |
| 2021 | 418 |
| 2020 | 256 |
| 2019 | 257 |
| 2018 | 478 |
| 2017 | 953 |
| 2016 | 568 |
| 2015 | 80 |
| 2014 | 164 |
| 2013 | 38 |
| 2012 | -333 |
| 2011 | 182 |
| 2010 | -72 |
| 2009 | 282 |
| 2008 | -48 |
| 2007 | -102 |
| 2006 | -503 |
| 2005 | -432 |
| 2004 | -87 |
| 2003 | 114 |
| 2002 | -67 |
| 2001 | -89 |
| 2000 | -152 |
| 1999 | 314 |
| 1998 | 5 |
| 1997 | 75 |
| 1996 | 526 |
| 1995 | 451 |
| 1994 | 548 |
| 1993 | 1,300 |
| 1992 | 1,201 |
| 1991 | 1,490 |
| 1990 | 1,308 |
| 1989 | 1,379 |
| 1988 | 911 |
| 1987 | 863 |
| 1986 | 531 |
| 1985 | 657 |
| 1984 | 214 |
| 1983 | 849 |
| 1982 | -30 |
| 1981 | 29 |
| 1980 | 398 |
| 1979 | 220 |
| 1978 | 372 |
| 1977 | 404 |
| 1976 | 1,365 |
| 1975 | 3,510 |
| 1974 | 3,734 |
| 1973 | 1,224 |
| 1972 | 740 |
| 1971 | 479 |
| 1970 | 734 |
| 1969 | -344 |
| 1968 | 94 |
| 1967 | -554 |
| 1966 | 350 |
| 1965 | 206 |
| 1964 | 427 |
| 1963 | 214 |
| 1962 | 82 |
| 1961 | 289 |
| 1960 | 291 |
| 1959 | 399 |
| 1958 | 370 |
| 1957 | 171 |
| 1956 | 947 |
| 1955 | 788 |
| 1954 | 340 |
| 1953 | 293 |
| 1952 | 238 |
| 1951 | 433 |
| 1950 | 545 |
| 1949 | 462 |
| 1948 | 508 |
| 1947 | 619 |
| 1946 | 645 |
| 1945 | -362 |
| 1944 | 475 |
| 1943 | 723 |
| 1942 | 386 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 645 |
| 2024 | 377 |
| 2023 | 281 |
| 2022 | 436 |
| 2021 | 233 |
| 2020 | 258 |
| 2019 | 132 |
| 2018 | 271 |
| 2017 | 389 |
| 2016 | 266 |
| 2015 | 171 |
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Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | +48 | +338 | +386 | — |
| 1943 | +267 | +456 | +723 | — |
| 1944 | +51 | +424 | +475 | — |
| 1945 | −503 | +141 | −362 | — |
| 1946 | −278 | +923 | +645 | — |
| 1947 | −139 | +758 | +619 | — |
| 1948 | −151 | +659 | +508 | — |
| 1949 | −99 | +561 | +462 | — |
| 1950 | +12 | +533 | +545 | — |
| 1951 | −114 | +547 | +433 | — |
| 1952 | −289 | +527 | +238 | — |
| 1953 | −256 | +549 | +293 | — |
| 1954 | −162 | +502 | +340 | — |
| 1955 | +230 | +558 | +788 | — |
| 1956 | +398 | +549 | +947 | — |
| 1957 | −427 | +598 | +171 | — |
| 1958 | −164 | +534 | +370 | — |
| 1959 | −203 | +602 | +399 | — |
| 1960 | −285 | +576 | +291 | — |
| 1961 | −285 | +574 | +289 | — |
| 1962 | −394 | +476 | +82 | — |
| 1963 | −290 | +504 | +214 | — |
| 1964 | −44 | +471 | +427 | — |
| 1965 | −277 | +483 | +206 | — |
| 1966 | −104 | +454 | +350 | — |
| 1967 | −940 | +386 | −554 | — |
| 1968 | −278 | +372 | +94 | — |
| 1969 | −653 | +309 | −344 | — |
| 1970 | +514 | +220 | +734 | — |
| 1971 | +165 | +314 | +479 | — |
| 1972 | +482 | +258 | +740 | — |
| 1973 | +1,006 | +218 | +1,224 | — |
| 1974 | +3,375 | +359 | +3,734 | — |
| 1975 | +3,127 | +383 | +3,510 | — |
| 1976 | +905 | +460 | +1,365 | — |
| 1977 | −88 | +492 | +404 | — |
| 1978 | −122 | +494 | +372 | — |
| 1979 | −189 | +409 | +220 | — |
| 1980 | −35 | +433 | +398 | — |
| 1981 | −361 | +390 | +29 | — |
| 1982 | −267 | +237 | −30 | — |
| 1983 | +573 | +276 | +849 | — |
| 1984 | −74 | +288 | +214 | — |
| 1985 | +329 | +328 | +657 | — |
| 1986 | +257 | +274 | +531 | — |
| 1987 | +469 | +394 | +863 | — |
| 1988 | +488 | +423 | +911 | — |
| 1989 | +985 | +394 | +1,379 | — |
| 1990 | +802 | +506 | +1,308 | — |
| 1991 | +913 | +577 | +1,490 | — |
| 1992 | +688 | +513 | +1,201 | — |
| 1993 | +767 | +533 | +1,300 | — |
| 1994 | +25 | +523 | +548 | — |
| 1995 | −66 | +517 | +451 | — |
| 1996 | −4 | +530 | +526 | — |
| 1997 | −356 | +431 | +75 | — |
| 1998 | −473 | +478 | +5 | — |
| 1999 | −104 | +418 | +314 | — |
| 2000 | −568 | +416 | −152 | — |
| 2001 | −528 | +439 | −89 | — |
| 2002 | −496 | +429 | −67 | — |
| 2003 | −311 | +425 | +114 | — |
| 2004 | −517 | +430 | −87 | — |
| 2005 | −831 | +399 | −432 | — |
| 2006 | −872 | +369 | −503 | — |
| 2007 | −437 | +335 | −102 | — |
| 2008 | −364 | +316 | −48 | — |
| 2009 | +24 | +258 | +282 | — |
| 2010 | −411 | +339 | −72 | — |
| 2011 | −129 | +311 | +182 | — |
| 2012 | −541 | +208 | −333 | — |
| 2013 | −202 | +240 | +38 | — |
| 2014 | −38 | +202 | +164 | — |
| 2015 | −71 | +151 | +80 | 171 |
| 2016 | +423 | +145 | +568 | 266 |
| 2017 | +873 | +80 | +953 | 389 |
| 2018 | +359 | +119 | +478 | 271 |
| 2019 | +155 | +102 | +257 | 132 |
| 2020 | +280 | −24 | +256 | 258 |
| 2021 | +331 | +87 | +418 | 233 |
| 2022 | +1,158 | +68 | +1,226 | 436 |
| 2023 | +406 | +40 | +446 | 281 |
| 2024 | +691 | +73 | +764 | 377 |
| 2025 | +1,214 | +89 | +1,303 | 645 |
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 Gouda
At the average sale price, a home costs €420,550. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,794 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
- 42%
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
- €864
- Owning per month
- €1,772
29.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 282
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.7
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2009.
- Deepest fall
- −15.8%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
3.5% of the 35,920 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.5%
- Empty homes
- 1,245
In 2024, 14% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 14%