Zoetermeer · report
People and new homes in Zoetermeer
In 2025 the population grew by 976 while 292 homes were finished: 3.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 3.3
- Population change, 2025
- +976
Population change and homes finished in Zoetermeer
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 | 976 |
| 2024 | 1,428 |
| 2023 | 1,438 |
| 2022 | 1,235 |
| 2021 | 496 |
| 2020 | -11 |
| 2019 | 338 |
| 2018 | 243 |
| 2017 | -73 |
| 2016 | 672 |
| 2015 | 82 |
| 2014 | 455 |
| 2013 | 470 |
| 2012 | 763 |
| 2011 | 416 |
| 2010 | 382 |
| 2009 | 611 |
| 2008 | 1,341 |
| 2007 | 1,441 |
| 2006 | 991 |
| 2005 | 1,131 |
| 2004 | 1,375 |
| 2003 | 1,539 |
| 2002 | 2,145 |
| 2001 | 268 |
| 2000 | 221 |
| 1999 | 1,035 |
| 1998 | 716 |
| 1997 | 588 |
| 1996 | 1,045 |
| 1995 | 1,600 |
| 1994 | 1,605 |
| 1993 | 483 |
| 1992 | 2,325 |
| 1991 | 1,531 |
| 1990 | 2,816 |
| 1989 | 3,750 |
| 1988 | 4,301 |
| 1987 | 2,892 |
| 1986 | 3,016 |
| 1985 | 2,141 |
| 1984 | 2,559 |
| 1983 | 2,778 |
| 1982 | 3,115 |
| 1981 | 3,844 |
| 1980 | 4,066 |
| 1979 | 4,758 |
| 1978 | 6,160 |
| 1977 | 3,271 |
| 1976 | 4,172 |
| 1975 | 4,369 |
| 1974 | 4,522 |
| 1973 | 5,769 |
| 1972 | 6,678 |
| 1971 | 3,443 |
| 1970 | 3,552 |
| 1969 | 2,086 |
| 1968 | 2,247 |
| 1967 | 1,543 |
| 1966 | 184 |
| 1965 | 294 |
| 1964 | 443 |
| 1963 | 295 |
| 1962 | 352 |
| 1961 | 668 |
| 1960 | 565 |
| 1959 | 737 |
| 1958 | 396 |
| 1957 | 135 |
| 1956 | 143 |
| 1955 | 182 |
| 1954 | 149 |
| 1953 | 106 |
| 1952 | -30 |
| 1951 | 148 |
| 1950 | 80 |
| 1949 | 90 |
| 1948 | 93 |
| 1947 | 43 |
| 1946 | 35 |
| 1945 | -170 |
| 1944 | 333 |
| 1943 | 159 |
| 1942 | 112 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 292 |
| 2024 | 678 |
| 2023 | 647 |
| 2022 | 279 |
| 2021 | 314 |
| 2020 | 169 |
| 2019 | 294 |
| 2018 | 123 |
| 2017 | 212 |
| 2016 | 316 |
| 2015 | 186 |
| 2014 | — |
| 2013 | — |
| 2012 | — |
| 2011 | — |
| 2010 | — |
| 2009 | — |
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Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | +2 | +110 | +112 | — |
| 1943 | +53 | +106 | +159 | — |
| 1944 | +208 | +125 | +333 | — |
| 1945 | −292 | +122 | −170 | — |
| 1946 | −103 | +138 | +35 | — |
| 1947 | −86 | +129 | +43 | — |
| 1948 | −32 | +125 | +93 | — |
| 1949 | −37 | +127 | +90 | — |
| 1950 | −44 | +124 | +80 | — |
| 1951 | +10 | +138 | +148 | — |
| 1952 | −147 | +117 | −30 | — |
| 1953 | −26 | +132 | +106 | — |
| 1954 | +8 | +141 | +149 | — |
| 1955 | +28 | +154 | +182 | — |
| 1956 | +7 | +136 | +143 | — |
| 1957 | −16 | +151 | +135 | — |
| 1958 | +248 | +148 | +396 | — |
| 1959 | +536 | +201 | +737 | — |
| 1960 | +369 | +196 | +565 | — |
| 1961 | +405 | +263 | +668 | — |
| 1962 | +60 | +292 | +352 | — |
| 1963 | +20 | +275 | +295 | — |
| 1964 | +211 | +232 | +443 | — |
| 1965 | +29 | +265 | +294 | — |
| 1966 | −60 | +244 | +184 | — |
| 1967 | +1,323 | +220 | +1,543 | — |
| 1968 | +1,970 | +277 | +2,247 | — |
| 1969 | +1,715 | +371 | +2,086 | — |
| 1970 | +3,231 | +321 | +3,552 | — |
| 1971 | +3,081 | +362 | +3,443 | — |
| 1972 | +6,219 | +459 | +6,678 | — |
| 1973 | +5,175 | +594 | +5,769 | — |
| 1974 | +3,847 | +675 | +4,522 | — |
| 1975 | +3,739 | +630 | +4,369 | — |
| 1976 | +3,424 | +748 | +4,172 | — |
| 1977 | +2,489 | +782 | +3,271 | — |
| 1978 | +5,404 | +756 | +6,160 | — |
| 1979 | +3,912 | +846 | +4,758 | — |
| 1980 | +3,139 | +927 | +4,066 | — |
| 1981 | +2,940 | +904 | +3,844 | — |
| 1982 | +2,280 | +835 | +3,115 | — |
| 1983 | +1,951 | +827 | +2,778 | — |
| 1984 | +1,715 | +844 | +2,559 | — |
| 1985 | +1,338 | +803 | +2,141 | — |
| 1986 | +2,149 | +867 | +3,016 | — |
| 1987 | +2,014 | +878 | +2,892 | — |
| 1988 | +3,452 | +849 | +4,301 | — |
| 1989 | +2,890 | +860 | +3,750 | — |
| 1990 | +1,798 | +1,018 | +2,816 | — |
| 1991 | +598 | +933 | +1,531 | — |
| 1992 | +1,453 | +872 | +2,325 | — |
| 1993 | −239 | +722 | +483 | — |
| 1994 | +869 | +736 | +1,605 | — |
| 1995 | +959 | +641 | +1,600 | — |
| 1996 | +432 | +613 | +1,045 | — |
| 1997 | +25 | +563 | +588 | — |
| 1998 | +179 | +537 | +716 | — |
| 1999 | +628 | +407 | +1,035 | — |
| 2000 | −329 | +550 | +221 | — |
| 2001 | −120 | +388 | +268 | — |
| 2002 | +1,711 | +434 | +2,145 | — |
| 2003 | +1,164 | +375 | +1,539 | — |
| 2004 | +938 | +437 | +1,375 | — |
| 2005 | +668 | +463 | +1,131 | — |
| 2006 | +540 | +451 | +991 | — |
| 2007 | +917 | +524 | +1,441 | — |
| 2008 | +659 | +682 | +1,341 | — |
| 2009 | +26 | +585 | +611 | — |
| 2010 | −193 | +575 | +382 | — |
| 2011 | −260 | +676 | +416 | — |
| 2012 | +187 | +576 | +763 | — |
| 2013 | −4 | +474 | +470 | — |
| 2014 | −52 | +507 | +455 | — |
| 2015 | −368 | +450 | +82 | 186 |
| 2016 | +187 | +485 | +672 | 316 |
| 2017 | −482 | +409 | −73 | 212 |
| 2018 | −101 | +344 | +243 | 123 |
| 2019 | +7 | +331 | +338 | 294 |
| 2020 | −225 | +214 | −11 | 169 |
| 2021 | +223 | +273 | +496 | 314 |
| 2022 | +1,083 | +152 | +1,235 | 279 |
| 2023 | +1,223 | +215 | +1,438 | 647 |
| 2024 | +1,203 | +225 | +1,428 | 678 |
| 2025 | +879 | +97 | +976 | 292 |
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 Zoetermeer
At the average sale price, a home costs €457,889. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,953 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
- €931
- Owning per month
- €1,929
34.5% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 503
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.9
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −15.3%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
2.9% of the 58,675 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 2.9%
- Empty homes
- 1,730
In 2024, 6% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 6%