Westerkwartier · report
People and new homes in Westerkwartier
In 2025 the population grew by 226 while 171 homes were finished: 1.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.3
- Population change, 2025
- +226
Population change and homes finished in Westerkwartier
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 | 226 |
| 2024 | -51 |
| 2023 | -52 |
| 2022 | 643 |
| 2021 | 626 |
| 2020 | 352 |
| 2019 | 300 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 |
| 2024 | 199 |
| 2023 | 150 |
| 2022 | 213 |
| 2021 | 290 |
| 2020 | 200 |
| 2019 | 253 |
Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +241 | +59 | +300 | 253 |
| 2020 | +330 | +22 | +352 | 200 |
| 2021 | +597 | +29 | +626 | 290 |
| 2022 | +630 | +13 | +643 | 213 |
| 2023 | −50 | −2 | −52 | 150 |
| 2024 | +63 | −114 | −51 | 199 |
| 2025 | +242 | −16 | +226 | 171 |
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 Westerkwartier
At the average sale price, a home costs €413,381. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,763 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
- €805
- Owning per month
- €1,742
44.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 343
- Per 1,000 residents
- 5.3
3.0% of the 28,340 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.0%
- Empty homes
- 855
In 2024, 9% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 9%