Waddinxveen · report
Renovation in Waddinxveen
In 2024, 5% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 5%
Homes finished in Waddinxveen, 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 | 360 | — | 20 | 380 |
| 2023 | 420 | — | 25 | 445 |
| 2022 | 405 | — | 45 | 450 |
| 2021 | 255 | — | 5 | 260 |
| 2020 | 395 | — | 75 | 470 |
| 2019 | 355 | — | 15 | 370 |
| 2018 | 230 | — | 5 | 235 |
| 2017 | 405 | — | 5 | 410 |
| 2016 | 85 | — | 15 | 100 |
| 2015 | 240 | — | 0 | 240 |
| 2014 | 245 | — | 0 | 245 |
| 2013 | 170 | — | 10 | 180 |
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 €513,592. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,191 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
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 43%
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
- €979
- Owning per month
- €2,164
13.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 301
- Per 1,000 residents
- 8.6
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −21.5%
- Recovery from the low
- 60 months
In 2025 the population grew by 512 while 204 homes were finished: 2.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.5
- Population change, 2025
- +512
2.6% of the 14,410 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 2.6%
- Empty homes
- 380