Hoeksche Waard · report
People and new homes in Hoeksche Waard
In 2025 the population grew by 702 while 349 homes were finished: 2.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.0
- Population change, 2025
- +702
Population change and homes finished in Hoeksche Waard
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 | 702 |
| 2024 | 495 |
| 2023 | 497 |
| 2022 | 1,047 |
| 2021 | 669 |
| 2020 | 645 |
| 2019 | 760 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 349 |
| 2024 | 283 |
| 2023 | 601 |
| 2022 | 377 |
| 2021 | 350 |
| 2020 | 380 |
| 2019 | 288 |
Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +774 | −14 | +760 | 288 |
| 2020 | +711 | −66 | +645 | 380 |
| 2021 | +682 | −13 | +669 | 350 |
| 2022 | +1,165 | −118 | +1,047 | 377 |
| 2023 | +569 | −72 | +497 | 601 |
| 2024 | +629 | −134 | +495 | 283 |
| 2025 | +775 | −73 | +702 | 349 |
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.
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At the average sale price, a home costs €500,231. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,134 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
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 43%
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
- €848
- Owning per month
- €2,108
33.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 565
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.2
3.4% of the 40,330 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.4%
- Empty homes
- 1,385
In 2024, 12% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 12%