Meierijstad · report
People and new homes in Meierijstad
In 2025 the population grew by 527 while 445 homes were finished: 1.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.2
- Population change, 2025
- +527
Population change and homes finished in Meierijstad
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 | 527 |
| 2024 | 405 |
| 2023 | 589 |
| 2022 | 1,101 |
| 2021 | 964 |
| 2020 | 455 |
| 2019 | 384 |
| 2018 | 666 |
| 2017 | 278 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 445 |
| 2024 | 438 |
| 2023 | 458 |
| 2022 | 344 |
| 2021 | 453 |
| 2020 | 405 |
| 2019 | 361 |
| 2018 | 407 |
| 2017 | 317 |
Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +219 | +59 | +278 | 317 |
| 2018 | +603 | +63 | +666 | 407 |
| 2019 | +363 | +21 | +384 | 361 |
| 2020 | +563 | −108 | +455 | 405 |
| 2021 | +901 | +63 | +964 | 453 |
| 2022 | +1,080 | +21 | +1,101 | 344 |
| 2023 | +624 | −35 | +589 | 458 |
| 2024 | +439 | −34 | +405 | 438 |
| 2025 | +612 | −85 | +527 | 445 |
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 Meierijstad
At the average sale price, a home costs €529,884. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,260 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
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 49%
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
- €838
- Owning per month
- €2,233
404.6% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,544
- Per 1,000 residents
- 30.0
3.2% of the 37,170 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.2%
- Empty homes
- 1,200
In 2024, 18% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 18%