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People and new homes in Waterland

In 2025 the population grew by 172 while 188 homes were finished: 0.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.9
Population change, 2025
+172

Population change and homes finished in Waterland

The population's yearly change, net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes finished. CBS.

Population change

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YearPopulation change
2025172
202435
2023-82
2022266
202130
2020-112
2019104
201856
2017-31
2016-14
2015161
20148
201342
201282
2011-129
201086
2009105
2008-70
2007-159
2006-87
2005-69
200477
2003103
2002-10
2001-68
2000-167
1999-48
1998-206
1997-165
1996-10
1995-46
19941
1993-51
1992166
1991167

Homes finished

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YearHomes finished
2025188
202414
20236
202287
20211
202081
201945
201827
201715
20162
201550
2014—
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—
2007—
2006—
2005—
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001—
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—

Year by year

YearNet migrationBirths minus deathsPopulation changeHomes finished
1991+33+134+167—
1992+34+132+166—
1993−173+122−51—
1994−92+93+1—
1995−132+86−46—
1996−68+58−10—
1997−205+40−165—
1998−267+61−206—
1999−129+81−48—
2000−190+23−167—
2001−100+32−68—
2002−69+59−10—
2003+28+75+103—
2004+4+73+77—
2005−89+20−69—
2006−140+53−87—
2007−206+47−159—
2008−87+17−70—
2009+73+32+105—
2010+64+22+86—
2011−137+8−129—
2012+89−7+82—
2013+23+19+42—
2014−28+36+8—
2015+174−13+16150
2016−11−3−142
2017−40+9−3115
2018+89−33+5627
2019+127−23+10445
2020−58−54−11281
2021+59−29+301
2022+312−46+26687
2023−33−49−826
2024+89−54+3514
2025+222−50+172188

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 Waterland

At the average sale price, a home costs €509,986. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,175 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
23%
Payment, one income
45%

Figures for Netherlands: Waterland 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

44.0% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
52
Per 1,000 residents
3.0

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2009.

Deepest fall
−28.7%
Recovery from the low
48 months

4.7% of the 7,735 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
4.7%
Empty homes
365

In 2024, 40% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
40%