Drenthe province · report
Empty homes in Drenthe province
3.7% of the 231,095 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.7%
- Empty homes
- 8,510
Empty homes in Drenthe province, year by year
Share of homes with nobody registered in them each year, against the wider areas.
- Drenthe province
- Netherlands
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| Year | Drenthe province | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.7% | 4.5% |
| 2025 | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| 2024 | 3.8% | 4.2% |
| 2023 | 3.9% | 4.3% |
| 2022 | 3.7% | 4.2% |
| 2021 | 3.9% | 4.4% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | 4.4% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | 4.4% |
| 2018 | 4.3% | 4.4% |
| 2017 | 4.4% | 4.6% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| 2015 | 5.2% | 5.0% |
| 2014 | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| 2013 | 5.3% | 5.3% |
| 2012 | 7.7% | 5.6% |
Against the wider area
Share of homes with nobody registered in them on 1 January 2026.
| Area | Empty |
|---|---|
| Drenthe province | 3.7% |
| Netherlands | 4.5% |
Where homes stand empty in Drenthe province
Share of homes with nobody registered in them on 1 January 2026, emptiest first.
| Area | Empty |
|---|---|
| Westerveld | 4.9% |
| Hoogeveen | 4.2% |
| Coevorden | 4.0% |
| Borger-Odoorn | 4.0% |
| Noordenveld | 3.9% |
| Meppel | 3.8% |
| Midden-Drenthe | 3.7% |
| De Wolden | 3.7% |
| Aa en Hunze | 3.5% |
| Tynaarlo | 3.5% |
| Assen | 3.4% |
| Emmen | 3.3% |
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 Drenthe province
At the average sale price, a home costs €438,736. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,872 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
- 44%
Figures for Netherlands: Drenthe province has no reliable figures of its own.
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
- €968
- Owning per month
- €2,020
3.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,371
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.7
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 1995. The deepest began in Q4 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −19.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 57 months
In 2025 the population grew by 1,656 while 1,251 homes were finished: 1.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.3
- Population change, 2025
- +1,656
In 2024, 26% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 26%
Public bodies signed €22.5M of housing works here in 2024, and €23.3M since 2017.
- Signed in 2024
- €22.5M
- Per resident, 2024
- €45