Sittard-Geleen · report
People and new homes in Sittard-Geleen
In 2025 the population fell by 36 while 132 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 132
- Population change, 2025
- −36
Population change and homes finished in Sittard-Geleen
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 | -36 |
| 2024 | -157 |
| 2023 | 416 |
| 2022 | 517 |
| 2021 | -23 |
| 2020 | -681 |
| 2019 | -239 |
| 2018 | -293 |
| 2017 | -360 |
| 2016 | -234 |
| 2015 | -161 |
| 2014 | 45 |
| 2013 | -325 |
| 2012 | -509 |
| 2011 | -287 |
| 2010 | -421 |
| 2009 | -103 |
| 2008 | -378 |
| 2007 | -570 |
| 2006 | -426 |
| 2005 | -427 |
| 2004 | -487 |
| 2003 | -376 |
| 2002 | -167 |
| 2001 | 79 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 |
| 2024 | 42 |
| 2023 | 211 |
| 2022 | 86 |
| 2021 | 217 |
| 2020 | 94 |
| 2019 | 128 |
| 2018 | 118 |
| 2017 | 163 |
| 2016 | 167 |
| 2015 | 60 |
| 2014 | — |
| 2013 | — |
| 2012 | — |
| 2011 | — |
| 2010 | — |
| 2009 | — |
| 2008 | — |
| 2007 | — |
| 2006 | — |
| 2005 | — |
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Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +63 | +16 | +79 | — |
| 2002 | −137 | −30 | −167 | — |
| 2003 | −351 | −25 | −376 | — |
| 2004 | −425 | −62 | −487 | — |
| 2005 | −345 | −82 | −427 | — |
| 2006 | −297 | −129 | −426 | — |
| 2007 | −354 | −216 | −570 | — |
| 2008 | −217 | −161 | −378 | — |
| 2009 | +18 | −121 | −103 | — |
| 2010 | −225 | −196 | −421 | — |
| 2011 | −167 | −120 | −287 | — |
| 2012 | −179 | −330 | −509 | — |
| 2013 | −38 | −287 | −325 | — |
| 2014 | +292 | −247 | +45 | — |
| 2015 | +186 | −347 | −161 | 60 |
| 2016 | +139 | −373 | −234 | 167 |
| 2017 | −7 | −353 | −360 | 163 |
| 2018 | +21 | −314 | −293 | 118 |
| 2019 | +203 | −442 | −239 | 128 |
| 2020 | −52 | −629 | −681 | 94 |
| 2021 | +473 | −496 | −23 | 217 |
| 2022 | +860 | −343 | +517 | 86 |
| 2023 | +909 | −493 | +416 | 211 |
| 2024 | +303 | −460 | −157 | 42 |
| 2025 | +474 | −510 | −36 | 132 |
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 €338,452. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,444 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
- €731
- Owning per month
- €1,426
89.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 351
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.8
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2001. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −11.3%
- Recovery from the low
- 60 months
5.1% of the 47,460 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 5.1%
- Empty homes
- 2,400
In 2024, 81% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 81%