Heerlen · report
People and new homes in Heerlen
In 2025 the population grew by 255 while 65 homes were finished: 3.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 3.9
- Population change, 2025
- +255
Population change and homes finished in Heerlen
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 | 255 |
| 2024 | 71 |
| 2023 | 342 |
| 2022 | 281 |
| 2021 | -74 |
| 2020 | -147 |
| 2019 | 268 |
| 2018 | 70 |
| 2017 | -419 |
| 2016 | -213 |
| 2015 | -93 |
| 2014 | -759 |
| 2013 | -487 |
| 2012 | -268 |
| 2011 | -205 |
| 2010 | -3 |
| 2009 | -178 |
| 2008 | -358 |
| 2007 | -904 |
| 2006 | -1,035 |
| 2005 | -1,054 |
| 2004 | -1,053 |
| 2003 | -492 |
| 2002 | -1,099 |
| 2001 | -154 |
| 2000 | -20 |
| 1999 | -242 |
| 1998 | -310 |
| 1997 | -508 |
| 1996 | 90 |
| 1995 | -250 |
| 1994 | 486 |
| 1993 | 447 |
| 1992 | 346 |
| 1991 | 657 |
| 1990 | 298 |
| 1989 | -126 |
| 1988 | -172 |
| 1987 | 433 |
| 1986 | 16 |
| 1985 | 283 |
| 1984 | 307 |
| 1983 | 1,122 |
| 1982 | 872 |
| 1981 | -98 |
| 1980 | 328 |
| 1979 | 20 |
| 1978 | 235 |
| 1977 | -92 |
| 1976 | -574 |
| 1975 | -748 |
| 1974 | -718 |
| 1973 | -857 |
| 1972 | -884 |
| 1971 | -328 |
| 1970 | -87 |
| 1969 | -232 |
| 1968 | -1,107 |
| 1967 | -403 |
| 1966 | 219 |
| 1965 | 831 |
| 1964 | 590 |
| 1963 | 397 |
| 1962 | 949 |
| 1961 | 1,513 |
| 1960 | 868 |
| 1959 | 1,429 |
| 1958 | 963 |
| 1957 | 678 |
| 1956 | 1,579 |
| 1955 | 867 |
| 1954 | 577 |
| 1953 | 927 |
| 1952 | 1,173 |
| 1951 | 797 |
| 1950 | 966 |
| 1949 | 1,813 |
| 1948 | 1,596 |
| 1947 | 537 |
| 1946 | 44 |
| 1945 | 1,015 |
| 1944 | 1,097 |
| 1943 | 814 |
| 1942 | 950 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 |
| 2024 | 123 |
| 2023 | 191 |
| 2022 | 164 |
| 2021 | 96 |
| 2020 | 59 |
| 2019 | 112 |
| 2018 | 54 |
| 2017 | 108 |
| 2016 | 86 |
| 2015 | 21 |
| 2014 | — |
| 2013 | — |
| 2012 | — |
| 2011 | — |
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Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | +195 | +755 | +950 | — |
| 1943 | −43 | +857 | +814 | — |
| 1944 | +253 | +844 | +1,097 | — |
| 1945 | −69 | +1,084 | +1,015 | — |
| 1946 | −1,074 | +1,118 | +44 | — |
| 1947 | −618 | +1,155 | +537 | — |
| 1948 | +461 | +1,135 | +1,596 | — |
| 1949 | +679 | +1,134 | +1,813 | — |
| 1950 | −98 | +1,064 | +966 | — |
| 1951 | −284 | +1,081 | +797 | — |
| 1952 | +15 | +1,158 | +1,173 | — |
| 1953 | −274 | +1,201 | +927 | — |
| 1954 | −468 | +1,045 | +577 | — |
| 1955 | −314 | +1,181 | +867 | — |
| 1956 | +414 | +1,165 | +1,579 | — |
| 1957 | −528 | +1,206 | +678 | — |
| 1958 | −148 | +1,111 | +963 | — |
| 1959 | +56 | +1,373 | +1,429 | — |
| 1960 | −295 | +1,163 | +868 | — |
| 1961 | +336 | +1,177 | +1,513 | — |
| 1962 | −198 | +1,147 | +949 | — |
| 1963 | −715 | +1,112 | +397 | — |
| 1964 | −531 | +1,121 | +590 | — |
| 1965 | −151 | +982 | +831 | — |
| 1966 | −702 | +921 | +219 | — |
| 1967 | −1,309 | +906 | −403 | — |
| 1968 | −1,842 | +735 | −1,107 | — |
| 1969 | −836 | +604 | −232 | — |
| 1970 | −669 | +582 | −87 | — |
| 1971 | −877 | +549 | −328 | — |
| 1972 | −1,170 | +286 | −884 | — |
| 1973 | −1,036 | +179 | −857 | — |
| 1974 | −896 | +178 | −718 | — |
| 1975 | −865 | +117 | −748 | — |
| 1976 | −619 | +45 | −574 | — |
| 1977 | −176 | +84 | −92 | — |
| 1978 | +190 | +45 | +235 | — |
| 1979 | −56 | +76 | +20 | — |
| 1980 | +239 | +89 | +328 | — |
| 1981 | −239 | +141 | −98 | — |
| 1982 | +735 | +137 | +872 | — |
| 1983 | +972 | +150 | +1,122 | — |
| 1984 | +93 | +214 | +307 | — |
| 1985 | +45 | +238 | +283 | — |
| 1986 | −176 | +192 | +16 | — |
| 1987 | +138 | +295 | +433 | — |
| 1988 | −313 | +141 | −172 | — |
| 1989 | −303 | +177 | −126 | — |
| 1990 | +142 | +156 | +298 | — |
| 1991 | +524 | +133 | +657 | — |
| 1992 | +278 | +68 | +346 | — |
| 1993 | +479 | −32 | +447 | — |
| 1994 | +488 | −2 | +486 | — |
| 1995 | −296 | +46 | −250 | — |
| 1996 | +200 | −110 | +90 | — |
| 1997 | −393 | −115 | −508 | — |
| 1998 | −141 | −169 | −310 | — |
| 1999 | −51 | −191 | −242 | — |
| 2000 | +115 | −135 | −20 | — |
| 2001 | +18 | −172 | −154 | — |
| 2002 | −852 | −247 | −1,099 | — |
| 2003 | −301 | −191 | −492 | — |
| 2004 | −832 | −221 | −1,053 | — |
| 2005 | −759 | −295 | −1,054 | — |
| 2006 | −831 | −204 | −1,035 | — |
| 2007 | −728 | −176 | −904 | — |
| 2008 | −96 | −262 | −358 | — |
| 2009 | +23 | −201 | −178 | — |
| 2010 | +126 | −129 | −3 | — |
| 2011 | −2 | −203 | −205 | — |
| 2012 | +28 | −296 | −268 | — |
| 2013 | −262 | −225 | −487 | — |
| 2014 | −498 | −261 | −759 | — |
| 2015 | +226 | −319 | −93 | 21 |
| 2016 | +138 | −351 | −213 | 86 |
| 2017 | −56 | −363 | −419 | 108 |
| 2018 | +469 | −399 | +70 | 54 |
| 2019 | +665 | −397 | +268 | 112 |
| 2020 | +327 | −474 | −147 | 59 |
| 2021 | +493 | −567 | −74 | 96 |
| 2022 | +771 | −490 | +281 | 164 |
| 2023 | +820 | −478 | +342 | 191 |
| 2024 | +525 | −454 | +71 | 123 |
| 2025 | +678 | −423 | +255 | 65 |
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 Heerlen
At the average sale price, a home costs €284,279. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,213 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
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 37%
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
- €679
- Owning per month
- €1,198
43.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 208
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.4
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −14.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 60 months
5.6% of the 46,845 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 5.6%
- Empty homes
- 2,605
In 2024, 48% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 48%