Zaanstad · report
People and new homes in Zaanstad
In 2025 the population grew by 2,389 while 604 homes were finished: 4.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 4.0
- Population change, 2025
- +2,389
Population change and homes finished in Zaanstad
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 | 2,389 |
| 2024 | 1,438 |
| 2023 | 1,774 |
| 2022 | 2,452 |
| 2021 | 263 |
| 2020 | 125 |
| 2019 | 905 |
| 2018 | 1,024 |
| 2017 | 1,188 |
| 2016 | 1,222 |
| 2015 | 1,038 |
| 2014 | 815 |
| 2013 | 964 |
| 2012 | 1,332 |
| 2011 | 1,331 |
| 2010 | 1,616 |
| 2009 | 1,254 |
| 2008 | 1,118 |
| 2007 | 1,435 |
| 2006 | 1,113 |
| 2005 | 436 |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2003 | 211 |
| 2002 | 1,805 |
| 2001 | 1,550 |
| 2000 | 331 |
| 1999 | 631 |
| 1998 | 528 |
| 1997 | 202 |
| 1996 | 576 |
| 1995 | 346 |
| 1994 | 996 |
| 1993 | 723 |
| 1992 | 510 |
| 1991 | 568 |
| 1990 | 694 |
| 1989 | 354 |
| 1988 | 820 |
| 1987 | 445 |
| 1986 | 139 |
| 1985 | -12 |
| 1984 | -151 |
| 1983 | -931 |
| 1982 | -523 |
| 1981 | 143 |
| 1980 | 905 |
| 1979 | 1,090 |
| 1978 | 1,117 |
| 1977 | 1,183 |
| 1976 | 615 |
| 1975 | 254 |
| 1974 | -355 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 604 |
| 2024 | 1,546 |
| 2023 | 694 |
| 2022 | 370 |
| 2021 | 632 |
| 2020 | 213 |
| 2019 | 520 |
| 2018 | 279 |
| 2017 | 396 |
| 2016 | 392 |
| 2015 | 403 |
| 2014 | — |
| 2013 | — |
| 2012 | — |
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Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | −1,288 | +933 | −355 | — |
| 1975 | −613 | +867 | +254 | — |
| 1976 | −93 | +708 | +615 | — |
| 1977 | +398 | +785 | +1,183 | — |
| 1978 | +428 | +689 | +1,117 | — |
| 1979 | +428 | +662 | +1,090 | — |
| 1980 | +126 | +779 | +905 | — |
| 1981 | −475 | +618 | +143 | — |
| 1982 | −1,094 | +571 | −523 | — |
| 1983 | −1,283 | +352 | −931 | — |
| 1984 | −554 | +403 | −151 | — |
| 1985 | −351 | +339 | −12 | — |
| 1986 | −309 | +448 | +139 | — |
| 1987 | −102 | +547 | +445 | — |
| 1988 | +290 | +530 | +820 | — |
| 1989 | −68 | +422 | +354 | — |
| 1990 | +113 | +581 | +694 | — |
| 1991 | +6 | +562 | +568 | — |
| 1992 | −6 | +516 | +510 | — |
| 1993 | +280 | +443 | +723 | — |
| 1994 | +364 | +632 | +996 | — |
| 1995 | −74 | +420 | +346 | — |
| 1996 | +167 | +409 | +576 | — |
| 1997 | −324 | +526 | +202 | — |
| 1998 | +14 | +514 | +528 | — |
| 1999 | +119 | +512 | +631 | — |
| 2000 | −133 | +464 | +331 | — |
| 2001 | +931 | +619 | +1,550 | — |
| 2002 | +1,309 | +496 | +1,805 | — |
| 2003 | −339 | +550 | +211 | — |
| 2004 | −509 | +513 | +4 | — |
| 2005 | +46 | +390 | +436 | — |
| 2006 | +699 | +414 | +1,113 | — |
| 2007 | +1,015 | +420 | +1,435 | — |
| 2008 | +669 | +449 | +1,118 | — |
| 2009 | +909 | +345 | +1,254 | — |
| 2010 | +1,201 | +415 | +1,616 | — |
| 2011 | +930 | +401 | +1,331 | — |
| 2012 | +975 | +357 | +1,332 | — |
| 2013 | +665 | +299 | +964 | — |
| 2014 | +398 | +417 | +815 | — |
| 2015 | +756 | +282 | +1,038 | 403 |
| 2016 | +807 | +415 | +1,222 | 392 |
| 2017 | +833 | +355 | +1,188 | 396 |
| 2018 | +675 | +349 | +1,024 | 279 |
| 2019 | +467 | +438 | +905 | 520 |
| 2020 | +120 | +5 | +125 | 213 |
| 2021 | −20 | +283 | +263 | 632 |
| 2022 | +2,413 | +39 | +2,452 | 370 |
| 2023 | +1,677 | +97 | +1,774 | 694 |
| 2024 | +1,318 | +120 | +1,438 | 1,546 |
| 2025 | +2,286 | +103 | +2,389 | 604 |
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 Zaanstad
At the average sale price, a home costs €430,833. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,838 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
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 44%
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
- €867
- Owning per month
- €1,815
4.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,035
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.4
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −19.3%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
3.4% of the 73,025 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.4%
- Empty homes
- 2,495
In 2024, 15% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 15%