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Empty homes in Hoogeveen

4.2% of the 25,995 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
4.2%
Empty homes
1,090

Empty homes in Hoogeveen, year by year

Share of homes with nobody registered in them each year, against the wider areas.

  • Hoogeveen
  • Drenthe province
  • Netherlands
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YearHoogeveenDrenthe provinceNetherlands
20264.2%3.7%4.5%
20253.9%3.7%4.3%
20243.9%3.8%4.2%
20234.3%3.9%4.3%
20224.2%3.7%4.2%
20214.2%3.9%4.4%
20204.2%4.0%4.4%
20194.2%4.3%4.4%
20184.0%4.3%4.4%
20174.1%4.4%4.6%
20164.2%4.8%4.8%
20154.6%5.2%5.0%
20144.6%5.5%5.2%
20133.5%5.3%5.3%
20123.4%7.7%5.6%

Against the wider area

Share of homes with nobody registered in them on 1 January 2026.

AreaEmpty
Hoogeveen4.2%
Drenthe province3.7%
Netherlands4.5%

CBS counts a dwelling in the buildings register as unoccupied when nobody is registered in the population register as living there on 1 January: empty, between occupants, being renovated, or used otherwise, such as a second home, a holiday let or an office. It is a register count each year from 2012, not a census.

Other reports for Hoogeveen

At the average sale price, a home costs €365,219. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,558 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
20%
Payment, one income
40%

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
€735
Owning per month
€1,539

27.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
165
Per 1,000 residents
2.9

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2007.

Deepest fall
−14.6%
Recovery from the low
72 months

In 2025 the population fell by 125 while 40 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
40
Population change, 2025
−125

In 2024, 38% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
38%