Westerwolde · report
People and new homes in Westerwolde
In 2025 the population fell by 2,228 while 46 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 46
- Population change, 2025
- −2,228
Population change and homes finished in Westerwolde
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 | -2,228 |
| 2024 | 791 |
| 2023 | -177 |
| 2022 | -80 |
| 2021 | 270 |
| 2020 | 443 |
| 2019 | 484 |
| 2018 | 505 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 |
| 2024 | 43 |
| 2023 | 44 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2018 | 17 |
Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +608 | −103 | +505 | 17 |
| 2019 | +585 | −101 | +484 | 13 |
| 2020 | +572 | −129 | +443 | 10 |
| 2021 | +457 | −187 | +270 | 27 |
| 2022 | +52 | −132 | −80 | 15 |
| 2023 | +8 | −185 | −177 | 44 |
| 2024 | +980 | −189 | +791 | 43 |
| 2025 | −2,010 | −218 | −2,228 | 46 |
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 Westerwolde
At the average sale price, a home costs €374,010. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,595 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
- 20%
- Payment, one income
- 41%
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
- €745
- Owning per month
- €1,576
9.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 42
- Per 1,000 residents
- 1.5
7.4% of the 12,070 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 7.4%
- Empty homes
- 890
In 2024, 27% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 27%