Gouda · report
Renovation in Gouda
In 2024, 14% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 14%
Homes finished in Gouda, 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 | 375 | — | 60 | 435 |
| 2023 | 280 | — | 70 | 350 |
| 2022 | 435 | — | 90 | 525 |
| 2021 | 235 | — | 130 | 365 |
| 2020 | 260 | — | 180 | 440 |
| 2019 | 135 | — | 170 | 305 |
| 2018 | 270 | — | 145 | 415 |
| 2017 | 505 | — | 115 | 620 |
| 2016 | 265 | — | 60 | 325 |
| 2015 | 175 | — | 40 | 215 |
| 2014 | 170 | — | 55 | 225 |
| 2013 | 405 | — | 90 | 495 |
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 €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
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
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