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7 percent of vacant social housing allocated to asylum seekers in 2022
In 2022, nearly 7 percent of all vacant social housing units were allocated to households that included one or more asylum seekers granted residency in the Netherlands
Statistics Netherlands reviews the year 2024
In 2024, the population counter passed 18 million people for the first time.
Wealth of households; components of wealth
Total, mean and median wealth of households household characteristics and components of wealth
People in their twenties earn more today, but are less likely to own a home
People in their twenties are leaving home later, staying in education for longer and are more likely to be employed nowadays compared to ten years ago.
Consumer prices; rent increase for dwellings since 1959
The average rent increase for dwellings in the Netherlands since 1959
Well-being here and now: housing
What is well-being ‘here and now’? Housing.
Distribution of well-being: housing
Recent data on distribution of well-being for the theme housing by sex, age, education level and origin/country of birth. Well-being is not distributed equally across all groups in the population.
Fewer young people are able to leave parental home
Among young people still living with their parents who indicated that they would like to leave home and live independently, 45 percent actually moved out in 2021-22.
Households; size, composition, position in the household, 1 January
Households in the Netherlands size and composition Persons by position in the household on 1 January
Housing costs in the Netherlands higher than in most EU countries
People in the Netherlands spend an average of 23 percent of their disposable income on a place to live, which is the sixth highest proportion in the European Union
Young adults more likely to live with parents than 20 years ago
An increasing share of young adults aged 18 to 29 years are still living with one or both parents.
Housing
Latest figures on distribution of well-being ‘here and now’. How is well-being distributed in terms of housing? Safe and affordable housing is a main necessity of life. Dutch people spend a...
Children with single parent three times more likely to live in MDU
On 1 January 2021, more than a third of all minors in single-parent households were living in a multi-dwelling unit (MDU), for example an apartment, ground floor unit or upstairs unit. This share is...
Report on Integration and Society, 2022
The Report on Integration and Society (Rapportage Integratie en Samenleven) describes how groups of different origins relate to the average of the Dutch population.
Housing satisfaction; household and dwelling characteristics
Satisfaction with current dwelling and current living environment Owner or tenant, Household characteristics, Dwelling characteristics
Largest rent increase in six years
As of July 2020, housing rents went up by an average of 2.9 percent year-on-year. This is the largest increase since 2014, exceeding the average over the past ten years (2.7 percent).
Rent increase 2.5 percent in 2019
Rental property prices were on average 2.5 percent higher in July 2019 than one year previously. Rents in the social housing sector set by housing corporations rose by 2.0 percent.
Dwelling sizes of Dutch households
Usable area of independent homes of Dutch households
Young people with minimum wage jobs (Dutch only)
Custom-made tables on young people aged 15 to 25 years who live independently and have a minimum wage job in October 2011. Commissioned by: Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW).
Annually, more than 6 thousand underage children lose one or both parents
By the end of 2011, there were 34 thousand underage children who had lost one of their parents and 330 who had lost both parents. Each year, more than 6 thousand underage children are (semi-)orphaned.
Around 5,900 Croats in the Netherlands
Croatia will be joining the European Union as its 28th member country on 1 July 2013. The Netherlands counts around 5,900 Croats among its residents. Most of them arrived between 1990 and 2001 when...
Children in stepfamilies underachieve on Cito test
In 2011, children in primary school group eight had an average Cito (Dutch National Institute for Educational Measurement) score of 536. Boys and girls in high-income families scored above average....
More and more young children grow up in large cities
In the four major cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht), the number of 0 to 5-year old children is growing, while in the rest of the Netherlands the number of young children is...
Exported sickness benefits in December 2010 and December 2011 (Dutch only)
Tables on sickness benefits paid to persons not resident in the Netherlands, by country of residence. Commissioned by: Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.