Households; size, composition, position in the household, 1 January

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Periods Persons by household position Men Persons in institutional households (number) Private households By household size Total private households (number) Private households By household size One-person households (number) Private households By household size Multi-person households Total multi-person households (number) Private households By household size Multi-person households 2 persons (number) Private households By household size Multi-person households 3 persons (number) Private households By household size Multi-person households 4 persons (number) Private households By household size Multi-person households 5 persons or more (number) Private households By household composition Total private households (number) Private households By household composition One-person households (number) Private households By household composition Multi-person households Total multi-person households (number) Private households By household composition Multi-person households Multi-person households without children (number) Private households By household composition Multi-person households Multi-person households with children (number) Private households By household composition Multi-person households Other household (number) Private households By household composition Multi-person households Single parent household Total single parent households (number) Persons in institutional households By sex and marital status Men Total men in institutional households (number) Persons in institutional households By sex and marital status Women Total women in institutional households (number)
1995 85,180 6,468,682 2,109,149 4,359,533 2,058,363 903,381 957,174 440,615 6,468,682 2,109,149 4,359,533 1,886,794 2,472,739 43,672 360,754 85,045 162,663
1996 85,873 6,517,804 2,123,782 4,394,022 2,097,196 898,954 952,641 445,231 6,517,804 2,123,782 4,394,022 1,919,610 2,474,412 43,111 368,775 85,870 161,612
1997 84,922 6,580,943 2,157,561 4,423,382 2,136,268 893,037 948,593 445,484 6,580,943 2,157,561 4,423,382 1,958,645 2,464,737 43,155 371,648 84,917 156,614
1998 84,431 6,655,891 2,201,317 4,454,574 2,175,326 889,811 943,693 445,744 6,655,891 2,201,317 4,454,574 1,995,267 2,459,307 42,447 375,104 84,426 152,310
1999 82,489 6,745,411 2,254,631 4,490,780 2,215,304 892,410 938,934 444,132 6,745,411 2,254,631 4,490,780 2,033,473 2,457,307 43,371 379,627 82,476 148,031
2000 80,553 6,801,008 2,272,219 4,528,789 2,242,256 897,408 943,509 445,616 6,801,008 2,272,219 4,528,789 2,062,123 2,466,666 46,251 384,317 80,477 143,526
2001 79,209 6,866,954 2,307,075 4,559,879 2,258,102 901,442 950,980 449,355 6,866,954 2,307,075 4,559,879 2,073,831 2,486,048 47,416 396,351 79,046 139,738
2002 79,635 6,934,263 2,344,903 4,589,360 2,275,136 903,225 959,431 451,568 6,934,263 2,344,903 4,589,360 2,082,747 2,506,613 48,664 411,691 79,635 137,154
2003 79,897 6,995,724 2,383,580 4,612,144 2,292,761 903,778 964,621 450,984 6,995,724 2,383,580 4,612,144 2,095,156 2,516,988 48,436 424,124 79,907 134,893
2004 80,904 7,049,280 2,423,950 4,625,330 2,302,372 904,913 969,062 448,983 7,049,280 2,423,950 4,625,330 2,099,479 2,525,851 47,922 433,972 80,904 134,008
2005 80,956 7,090,965 2,449,378 4,641,587 2,317,627 905,839 973,043 445,078 7,090,965 2,449,378 4,641,587 2,110,295 2,531,292 47,974 444,124 80,956 132,246
2006 79,128 7,146,088 2,502,084 4,644,004 2,328,134 902,872 973,351 439,647 7,146,088 2,502,084 4,644,004 2,114,857 2,529,147 47,676 452,370 79,128 129,525
2007 79,898 7,190,543 2,536,891 4,653,652 2,347,504 900,559 972,325 433,264 7,190,543 2,536,891 4,653,652 2,128,727 2,524,925 48,584 458,881 79,898 126,834
2008 80,879 7,242,202 2,571,014 4,671,188 2,371,615 900,475 971,097 428,001 7,242,202 2,571,014 4,671,188 2,148,277 2,522,911 50,513 465,704 80,879 125,985
2009 81,777 7,312,579 2,619,394 4,693,185 2,396,462 901,234 971,092 424,397 7,312,579 2,619,394 4,693,185 2,166,972 2,526,213 52,403 474,909 81,777 125,226
2010 83,328 7,386,144 2,669,516 4,716,628 2,417,798 907,781 970,519 420,530 7,386,144 2,669,516 4,716,628 2,181,514 2,535,114 54,080 486,250 83,328 125,359
2011 90,406 7,443,801 2,708,251 4,735,550 2,439,795 904,504 972,431 418,820 7,443,801 2,708,251 4,735,550 2,187,823 2,547,727 43,899 496,272 90,406 128,909
2012 91,574 7,512,824 2,761,764 4,751,060 2,455,421 909,274 971,486 414,879 7,512,824 2,761,764 4,751,060 2,192,158 2,558,902 43,687 510,894 91,574 127,650
2013 90,457 7,569,371 2,802,182 4,767,189 2,474,729 914,480 967,899 410,081 7,569,371 2,802,182 4,767,189 2,202,863 2,564,326 42,974 521,578 90,457 124,327
2014 107,426 7,590,228 2,803,852 4,786,376 2,498,744 920,496 964,012 403,124 7,590,228 2,803,852 4,786,376 2,216,508 2,569,868 42,338 535,870 107,426 142,516
2015 107,863 7,665,198 2,867,797 4,797,401 2,512,123 923,286 961,010 400,982 7,665,198 2,867,797 4,797,401 2,224,618 2,572,783 42,083 545,289 107,863 136,931
2016 114,786 7,720,787 2,906,334 4,814,453 2,530,437 924,877 958,746 400,393 7,720,787 2,906,334 4,814,453 2,235,783 2,578,670 41,829 557,426 114,786 140,102
2017 111,503 7,794,075 2,961,228 4,832,847 2,540,703 926,964 961,007 404,173 7,794,075 2,961,228 4,832,847 2,247,191 2,585,656 41,488 562,124 111,503 133,799
2018 112,221 7,857,914 2,997,617 4,860,297 2,565,256 929,901 959,802 405,338 7,857,914 2,997,617 4,860,297 2,265,409 2,594,888 40,382 572,419 112,221 136,551
2019 112,839 7,924,691 3,037,622 4,887,069 2,586,739 932,959 960,878 406,493 7,924,691 3,037,622 4,887,069 2,282,297 2,604,772 40,611 582,106 112,839 133,822
2020 119,677 7,997,800 3,079,778 4,918,022 2,610,601 938,515 961,314 407,592 7,997,800 3,079,778 4,918,022 2,302,921 2,615,101 40,616 589,975 119,677 139,186
2021 121,009 8,043,443 3,097,117 4,946,326 2,640,717 940,588 958,249 406,772 8,043,443 3,097,117 4,946,326 2,331,454 2,614,872 41,070 593,871 121,009 137,751
2022 123,361 8,138,591 3,172,564 4,966,027 2,661,105 942,346 956,266 406,310 8,138,591 3,172,564 4,966,027 2,349,821 2,616,206 41,825 596,408 123,361 139,178
2023 130,993 8,270,244 3,266,042 5,004,202 2,677,788 956,719 959,324 410,371 8,270,244 3,266,042 5,004,202 2,358,933 2,645,269 42,527 610,633 130,993 145,031
2024 141,331 8,374,404 3,340,560 5,033,844 2,706,372 968,419 953,582 405,471 8,374,404 3,340,560 5,033,844 2,385,910 2,647,934 47,052 618,056 141,331 147,845
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains information about the progress of the households in the Netherlands by size and composition and persons by household position, on 1 January.

Data available from: 1995

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

With the information available for the reporting years 1995, 1996 and 1997 it is not easy to make an unambiguous assignment of persons in institutional households in three distinct categories of institutions. For this reason the numbers are set as unknown.

Changes as of 30 May 2024:
The figures of 1 January 2024 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
The final figures of 1 January 2025 will be added in the 4th quarter of 2025.

Description topics

Persons by household position
Household:
Private or institutional household.

Private household:
One or more persons sharing the same living space, who provide for their own everyday needs in a private, non-commercial way.

Institutional household:
Household consisting of one or more persons living in one accommodation whose housing and daily needs are provided professionally.
Included are institutions such as nursing homes, homes for the elderly, mental health institutions, forensic psychiatric institutions, institutions for mentally, physically or sensorily disabled persons, drug rehabilitation centres, shelters for the homeless, boarding schools, monasteries, prisons, military barracks, and asylum reception centres, in which persons (will) live for a longer period of time. From 2014, people in institutional households are presented in three groups, namely: homes for the elderly and nursing homes, other health care institution and other type of institution.

Household position:
Position someone has in a household in relation to the reference person of that household.

Reference person
Member of the household on whom the household positions of the other household members are based, and whose characteristics may also be characteristic for the household.
The reference person in a household is chosen as follows:
- the reference person in a heterosexual relationship is always the man;
- in homosexual relationships, the reference person is the older of the two;
- in a single-parent household the reference person is the parent;
- in 'other households' the reference person is the oldest man, or if there are no men, the oldest woman.
Men
Persons in institutional households
The population in institutional households consists of persons whose accommodation and daily needs are provided professionally, e.g. persons in nursing homes, mental health institutions or institutions for disabled persons.
Private households
One or more persons sharing the same living space, who provide for their own everyday needs in a private, non-commercial way.
By household size
Number of persons in a private household.
Total private households
One-person households
Private household consisting of one person.
Multi-person households
A private household consisting of two or more persons.
Total multi-person households
2 persons
3 persons
4 persons
5 persons or more
By household composition
The classification of private households based on the mutual relationships between household members.
Total private households
One-person households
Private household consisting of one person.
Multi-person households
A private multi-person household without/with children living at home

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.
Total multi-person households
Multi-person households without children
A private multi-person household without children living at home

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.
Multi-person households with children
A private multi-person household with children living at home

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.
Single parent household
Private household consisting of one parent and at least one child who lives at home.

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.
Total single parent households
Other household
Private household that only consists of other household members.

Other household member:
Person who is part of a private household other than as a partner, parent in a single-parent household or child living at home.
For example, a boarder who lives with a family, someone who forms a household together with a brother or sister, or a foster child.

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.
Persons in institutional households
Institutional household:
One or more persons living in one accommodation whose housing and daily needs are provided professionally.
Included are institutions such as nursing homes, homes for the elderly, mental health institutions, forensic psychiatric institutions, institutions for mentally, physically or sensorily disabled persons, drug rehabilitation centres, shelters for the homeless, boarding schools, monasteries, prisons, military barracks, and asylum reception centres, in which persons (will) live for a longer period of time. From 2014, people in institutional households are presented in three groups, namely:
homes for the elderly and nursing homes, other health care institution and other type of institution.
By sex and marital status
Marital status:
Marital status resulting from a legal marriage ceremony. Judicial separations are included in the category married.

Marriage:
Legal, formally sanctioned living arrangement between two people.
Since 1 April 2001, it is legally possible for people in the Netherlands to marry a person of the same sex.

Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two people of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Registered partnership was introduced in The Netherlands on 1 January 1998.
Men
Total men in institutional households
Women
Total women in institutional households