Meierijstad · report
Renovation in Meierijstad
In 2024, 18% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 18%
Homes finished in Meierijstad, by type of work
Dwellings added each year: by new building, and in existing buildings by transformation, splitting, rebuilding or a change of use. CBS, from the buildings register.
- Conversions
- Extensions
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Extensions | Conversions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 435 | — | 95 | 530 |
| 2023 | 460 | — | 155 | 615 |
| 2022 | 340 | — | 105 | 445 |
| 2021 | 455 | — | 115 | 570 |
| 2020 | 400 | — | 55 | 455 |
| 2019 | 355 | — | 165 | 520 |
| 2018 | 415 | — | 85 | 500 |
| 2017 | 310 | — | 55 | 365 |
CBS counts dwellings, so renovation that adds no dwelling (refurbishing, insulating) is not counted. Homes gained in existing buildings are counted gross: homes lost to merging or demolition are not taken off. From 2012.
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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
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
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