Leeuwarden · report
People and new homes in Leeuwarden
In 2025 the population grew by 190 while 228 homes were finished: 0.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.8
- Population change, 2025
- +190
Population change and homes finished in Leeuwarden
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 | 190 |
| 2024 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 1,752 |
| 2022 | 1,574 |
| 2021 | 1,032 |
| 2020 | 410 |
| 2019 | 981 |
| 2018 | 696 |
| 2017 | 266 |
| 2016 | 778 |
| 2015 | 206 |
| 2014 | 366 |
| 2013 | 356 |
| 2012 | 633 |
| 2011 | 480 |
| 2010 | 783 |
| 2009 | 548 |
| 2008 | 600 |
| 2007 | 496 |
| 2006 | 460 |
| 2005 | 27 |
| 2004 | 383 |
| 2003 | 37 |
| 2002 | 781 |
| 2001 | 1,044 |
| 2000 | 351 |
| 1999 | 100 |
| 1998 | 279 |
| 1997 | -23 |
| 1996 | 358 |
| 1995 | 318 |
| 1994 | 430 |
| 1993 | 681 |
| 1992 | 378 |
| 1991 | 712 |
| 1990 | 123 |
| 1989 | 274 |
| 1988 | 123 |
| 1987 | -18 |
| 1986 | 225 |
| 1985 | -240 |
| 1984 | -231 |
| 1983 | 307 |
| 1982 | 368 |
| 1981 | 321 |
| 1980 | -153 |
| 1979 | 69 |
| 1978 | -867 |
| 1977 | -111 |
| 1976 | 364 |
| 1975 | 711 |
| 1974 | -487 |
| 1973 | -1,485 |
| 1972 | -1,494 |
| 1971 | -776 |
| 1970 | -13 |
| 1969 | 592 |
| 1968 | 686 |
| 1967 | 608 |
| 1966 | 322 |
| 1965 | 244 |
| 1964 | 545 |
| 1963 | 329 |
| 1962 | 1,018 |
| 1961 | 1,152 |
| 1960 | 519 |
| 1959 | 587 |
| 1958 | 68 |
| 1957 | 6 |
| 1956 | -60 |
| 1955 | 158 |
| 1954 | 437 |
| 1953 | 966 |
| 1952 | 541 |
| 1951 | 285 |
| 1950 | 475 |
| 1949 | 707 |
| 1948 | 735 |
| 1947 | 1,265 |
| 1946 | 1,427 |
| 1945 | 1,592 |
| 1944 | 397 |
| 1943 | -203 |
| 1942 | 43 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 228 |
| 2024 | 295 |
| 2023 | 573 |
| 2022 | 480 |
| 2021 | 637 |
| 2020 | 419 |
| 2019 | 490 |
| 2018 | 447 |
| 2017 | 490 |
| 2016 | 415 |
| 2015 | 226 |
| 2014 | — |
| 2013 | — |
| 2012 | — |
| 2011 | — |
| 2010 | — |
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Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | −507 | +550 | +43 | — |
| 1943 | −783 | +580 | −203 | — |
| 1944 | −413 | +810 | +397 | — |
| 1945 | +908 | +684 | +1,592 | — |
| 1946 | −114 | +1,541 | +1,427 | — |
| 1947 | −107 | +1,372 | +1,265 | — |
| 1948 | −390 | +1,125 | +735 | — |
| 1949 | −222 | +929 | +707 | — |
| 1950 | −486 | +961 | +475 | — |
| 1951 | −668 | +953 | +285 | — |
| 1952 | −433 | +974 | +541 | — |
| 1953 | +32 | +934 | +966 | — |
| 1954 | −573 | +1,010 | +437 | — |
| 1955 | −727 | +885 | +158 | — |
| 1956 | −948 | +888 | −60 | — |
| 1957 | −963 | +969 | +6 | — |
| 1958 | −781 | +849 | +68 | — |
| 1959 | −219 | +806 | +587 | — |
| 1960 | −379 | +898 | +519 | — |
| 1961 | +187 | +965 | +1,152 | — |
| 1962 | −10 | +1,028 | +1,018 | — |
| 1963 | −635 | +964 | +329 | — |
| 1964 | −421 | +966 | +545 | — |
| 1965 | −718 | +962 | +244 | — |
| 1966 | −563 | +885 | +322 | — |
| 1967 | −227 | +835 | +608 | — |
| 1968 | −188 | +874 | +686 | — |
| 1969 | −369 | +961 | +592 | — |
| 1970 | −896 | +883 | −13 | — |
| 1971 | −1,490 | +714 | −776 | — |
| 1972 | −2,013 | +519 | −1,494 | — |
| 1973 | −1,855 | +370 | −1,485 | — |
| 1974 | −698 | +211 | −487 | — |
| 1975 | +493 | +218 | +711 | — |
| 1976 | +172 | +192 | +364 | — |
| 1977 | −293 | +182 | −111 | — |
| 1978 | −981 | +114 | −867 | — |
| 1979 | −42 | +111 | +69 | — |
| 1980 | −287 | +134 | −153 | — |
| 1981 | +149 | +172 | +321 | — |
| 1982 | +220 | +148 | +368 | — |
| 1983 | +116 | +191 | +307 | — |
| 1984 | −381 | +150 | −231 | — |
| 1985 | −397 | +157 | −240 | — |
| 1986 | +97 | +128 | +225 | — |
| 1987 | −91 | +73 | −18 | — |
| 1988 | −53 | +176 | +123 | — |
| 1989 | +188 | +86 | +274 | — |
| 1990 | +62 | +61 | +123 | — |
| 1991 | +491 | +221 | +712 | — |
| 1992 | +208 | +170 | +378 | — |
| 1993 | +556 | +125 | +681 | — |
| 1994 | +278 | +152 | +430 | — |
| 1995 | +198 | +120 | +318 | — |
| 1996 | +305 | +53 | +358 | — |
| 1997 | −97 | +74 | −23 | — |
| 1998 | +142 | +137 | +279 | — |
| 1999 | +7 | +93 | +100 | — |
| 2000 | +300 | +51 | +351 | — |
| 2001 | +969 | +75 | +1,044 | — |
| 2002 | +662 | +119 | +781 | — |
| 2003 | −105 | +142 | +37 | — |
| 2004 | +136 | +247 | +383 | — |
| 2005 | −111 | +138 | +27 | — |
| 2006 | +236 | +224 | +460 | — |
| 2007 | +259 | +237 | +496 | — |
| 2008 | +312 | +288 | +600 | — |
| 2009 | +293 | +255 | +548 | — |
| 2010 | +541 | +242 | +783 | — |
| 2011 | +253 | +227 | +480 | — |
| 2012 | +392 | +241 | +633 | — |
| 2013 | +186 | +170 | +356 | — |
| 2014 | +86 | +280 | +366 | — |
| 2015 | +29 | +177 | +206 | 226 |
| 2016 | +591 | +187 | +778 | 415 |
| 2017 | +132 | +134 | +266 | 490 |
| 2018 | +571 | +125 | +696 | 447 |
| 2019 | +981 | +0 | +981 | 490 |
| 2020 | +370 | +40 | +410 | 419 |
| 2021 | +969 | +63 | +1,032 | 637 |
| 2022 | +1,583 | −9 | +1,574 | 480 |
| 2023 | +1,739 | +13 | +1,752 | 573 |
| 2024 | +1,205 | −26 | +1,179 | 295 |
| 2025 | +219 | −29 | +190 | 228 |
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 €319,443. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,363 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
- 38%
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
- €1,346
67.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 887
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.8
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2011.
- Deepest fall
- −12.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
4.1% of the 66,220 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.1%
- Empty homes
- 2,730
In 2024, 40% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 40%