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Household population growing in and around major cities
On 1 January 2016, there were over 7.7 million households in the Netherlands.
Dutch consumer spending 0.3 percent up
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) today, Dutch consumer spending on goods and services was 0.3 percent up in November 2015 from November 2014, the lowest increase in 2015...
Number of bankruptcies reduced by one-fifth last year
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the number of bankruptcies rose by 5 in December 2015 relative to November. In the previous three months, the number of bankruptcies also increased. In 2015,...
Distribution of income and assets in Netherlands, January 1 2013 (Dutch only)
Customised table on the composition and distribution of Dutch household income and assets per the 1st of January 2013. The table provides data on the income of all private households in 2012 and the...
Characteristics of households with at least one state-pension claimant in 2012 (Dutch only)
Custom-made tables on characteristics of households with at least one member receiving state old-age pension (AOW) in 2012. Commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW).
Personal capital households reduced in 2012
The median personal capital of households in the Netherlands was 27 thousand euros on 1 January 2012, a reduction by 10 percent relative to the beginning of 2011.
Demographic developments on the housing market (Dutch only)
Custom-made tables on a number of demographic developments on the Dutch housing market for the period 2001-2012. Commissioned by: Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK).
More than one million households have 'underwater' mortgages
Early 2011, 4.2 million households in the Netherlands owned the homes they lived in. In more than one million cases, the value of the house was below the mortgage debt level. Since 2008, the...
Income inequality level stable in 2011
Income differences in the Netherlands remained stable in 2011 relative to the preceding year. The gap between rich and poor households has barely changed since 2001.
Personal capital households further reduced
The personal capital of households in the Netherlands has declined further. On 1 January 2011, the median household capital was 29 thousand euro versus 33 thousand euro early 2010, a decline by 12...
Growing up in Diversity - Monitoring ethnic diversity in youth policy, second results (Dutch only)
A description of the results of the diversity in youth policy monitor. Commissioned by: ZonMw.
Average disposable personal and household income by postcode area, 2008 (Dutch only)
Custom-made table on the average disposable personal and household income per postcode area (PC4). Includes number of inhabitants and households per PC4. Commissioned by the University of Amsterdam.
More families with parent(s) over 50
More children living at home have older parents. Nearly one in three parents with children living at home were in their fifties in 2010.
One in nine children at risk of growing up in poverty
In 2008, 385 thousand Dutch minors were at risk of growing up in poverty. This means that 11.5 percent of children below 18 years of age grow up in families with incomes that do not exceed 120...
Income differences relatively small in the Netherlands
Income inequality in the Netherlands is below the European Union average.
Fewer single-parents claiming income support
Paid employment accounted for the main income of 68.5 percent of one-parent families in 2007. This is a higher share than in 2005, when nearly 63 percent of one-parent families received most of their...
Purchasing power markedly higher in 2006 and 2007
After a minor dip in 2005, purchasing power rose markedly in 2006 and 2007 to achieve the best results since 2001.