Households; size, composition, position in the household, 1 January
Periods | Persons by household position Men Single (number) | Persons by household position Men Single parent (number) | Persons by household position Women Single (number) | Persons by household position Women Single parent (number) | Private households By household composition Multi-person households Single parent household Total single parent households (number) | Private households By household composition Multi-person households Single parent household 1 child (number) | Private households By household composition Multi-person households Single parent household 2 children (number) | Private households By household composition Multi-person households Single parent household 3 children or more (number) |
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1995 | 930,670 | 55,829 | 1,178,479 | 304,925 | 360,754 | 218,280 | 106,362 | 36,112 |
1996 | 940,505 | 56,480 | 1,183,277 | 312,296 | 368,775 | 222,766 | 108,547 | 37,462 |
1997 | 957,596 | 56,542 | 1,199,965 | 315,100 | 371,648 | 223,547 | 109,807 | 38,294 |
1998 | 982,482 | 56,719 | 1,218,836 | 318,385 | 375,104 | 225,059 | 111,001 | 39,044 |
1999 | 1,011,946 | 57,671 | 1,242,685 | 321,956 | 379,627 | 227,530 | 112,411 | 39,686 |
2000 | 1,023,085 | 58,148 | 1,249,134 | 326,170 | 384,317 | 229,199 | 114,434 | 40,684 |
2001 | 1,044,578 | 61,333 | 1,262,497 | 335,020 | 396,351 | 235,764 | 118,808 | 41,779 |
2002 | 1,069,167 | 64,930 | 1,275,736 | 346,761 | 411,691 | 244,768 | 123,617 | 43,306 |
2003 | 1,090,525 | 67,662 | 1,293,055 | 356,462 | 424,124 | 251,141 | 128,189 | 44,794 |
2004 | 1,111,280 | 69,883 | 1,312,670 | 364,089 | 433,972 | 256,674 | 131,804 | 45,494 |
2005 | 1,124,269 | 72,284 | 1,325,109 | 371,840 | 444,124 | 262,189 | 135,863 | 46,072 |
2006 | 1,151,851 | 74,079 | 1,350,233 | 378,291 | 452,370 | 267,647 | 138,547 | 46,176 |
2007 | 1,169,358 | 75,865 | 1,367,533 | 383,016 | 458,881 | 272,499 | 140,596 | 45,786 |
2008 | 1,187,509 | 78,090 | 1,383,505 | 387,614 | 465,704 | 278,051 | 142,199 | 45,454 |
2009 | 1,217,701 | 80,847 | 1,401,693 | 394,062 | 474,909 | 285,206 | 144,034 | 45,669 |
2010 | 1,247,425 | 83,863 | 1,422,091 | 402,387 | 486,250 | 293,180 | 147,033 | 46,037 |
2011 | 1,274,161 | 86,072 | 1,434,090 | 410,200 | 496,272 | 302,979 | 147,199 | 46,094 |
2012 | 1,304,828 | 90,264 | 1,456,936 | 420,630 | 510,894 | 313,322 | 150,683 | 46,889 |
2013 | 1,327,083 | 93,574 | 1,475,099 | 428,004 | 521,578 | 321,518 | 153,200 | 46,860 |
2014 | 1,332,934 | 97,591 | 1,470,918 | 438,279 | 535,870 | 331,653 | 156,324 | 47,893 |
2015 | 1,369,327 | 100,443 | 1,498,470 | 444,846 | 545,289 | 338,281 | 158,384 | 48,624 |
2016 | 1,395,599 | 103,469 | 1,510,735 | 453,957 | 557,426 | 345,502 | 162,146 | 49,778 |
2017 | 1,428,860 | 105,288 | 1,532,368 | 456,836 | 562,124 | 346,706 | 164,223 | 51,195 |
2018 | 1,451,873 | 108,376 | 1,545,744 | 464,043 | 572,419 | 352,216 | 167,646 | 52,557 |
2019 | 1,475,159 | 110,918 | 1,562,463 | 471,188 | 582,106 | 357,524 | 170,478 | 54,104 |
2020 | 1,500,815 | 113,720 | 1,578,963 | 476,255 | 589,975 | 361,769 | 172,880 | 55,326 |
2021 | 1,510,980 | 115,115 | 1,586,137 | 478,756 | 593,871 | 364,662 | 173,275 | 55,934 |
2022 | 1,550,950 | 115,802 | 1,621,614 | 480,606 | 596,408 | 366,681 | 173,091 | 56,636 |
2023 | 1,597,332 | 118,318 | 1,668,710 | 492,315 | 610,633 | 375,750 | 176,748 | 58,135 |
2024 | 1,633,867 | 120,785 | 1,706,693 | 497,271 | 618,056 | 381,715 | 177,232 | 59,109 |
Source: CBS. |
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
- Single
- Single person:
Person who lives alone in a single-person household.
Among singles are also people who live with others at the same address but who have their own household.
Singles can have a relationship with and be married to a person with whom they do not live together.
- Single parent
- Person in a private household who has a parent-child relationship with one or more children living at home and who does not have a partner in the same household.
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.
- Women
- Single
- Single person:
Person who lives alone in a single-person household.
Among singles are also people who live with others at the same address but who have their own household.
Singles can have a relationship with and be married to a person with whom they do not live together.
- Single parent
- Person in a private household who has a parent-child relationship with one or more children living at home and who does not have a partner in the same household.
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.
- 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 composition
- The classification of private households based on the mutual relationships between household members.
- 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.- 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
- 1 child
- Private household consisting of one parent and 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.
- 2 children
- Private household consisting of one parent and two 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.
- 3 children or more
- Private household consisting of one parent and three or more 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.