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Housing stock in Netherlands

Occupancy, building type and age of the housing stock from Census 2021.

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings7,832,373
Occupied7,509,787
Unoccupied322,5864.1 %

Building type

One-dwelling building65.1 %
Two-dwelling building3.4 %
3+ dwelling building31.4 %

Construction period

Before 19197.5 %
1919–194511.3 %
1946–196010.4 %
1961–198028.9 %
1981–200025.6 %
2001–20109.1 %
2011–20153.1 %
2016 and after4.1 %
EUROSTAT · STOCK

Key reading note

Reference years differ by source: heating systems are measured in 2023, several housing-condition indicators in 2025, and housing-stock structure in Census 2021. Percentages from different blocks should therefore not be added together.

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