Zaanstad · report
Renovation in Zaanstad
In 2024, 15% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 15%
Homes finished in Zaanstad, 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 | 1,545 | — | 275 | 1,820 |
| 2023 | 695 | — | 200 | 895 |
| 2022 | 375 | — | 95 | 470 |
| 2021 | 635 | — | 260 | 895 |
| 2020 | 220 | — | 120 | 340 |
| 2019 | 520 | — | 140 | 660 |
| 2018 | 280 | — | 135 | 415 |
| 2017 | 400 | — | 185 | 585 |
| 2016 | 390 | — | 190 | 580 |
| 2015 | 400 | — | 120 | 520 |
| 2014 | 245 | — | 75 | 320 |
| 2013 | 440 | — | 95 | 535 |
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 €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
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
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