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

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

Periods Persons by household position Total of the Netherlands (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) Persons in institutional households By type of institution Total persons living in institutions (number) Persons in institutional households By type of institution Homes for the elderly and nursing homes (number) Persons in institutional households By type of institution Other health care institution (number) Persons in institutional households By type of institution Other type of institution (number)
1995 15,424,122 6,468,682 2,109,149 4,359,533 247,708 . . .
1996 15,493,889 6,517,804 2,123,782 4,394,022 247,482 . . .
1997 15,567,107 6,580,943 2,157,561 4,423,382 241,531 . . .
1998 15,654,192 6,655,891 2,201,317 4,454,574 236,736 145,115 77,135 14,486
1999 15,760,225 6,745,411 2,254,631 4,490,780 230,507 141,352 76,260 12,895
2000 15,863,943 6,801,008 2,272,219 4,528,789 224,003 136,964 74,648 12,391
2001 15,987,074 6,866,954 2,307,075 4,559,879 218,784 133,742 73,343 11,699
2002 16,105,283 6,934,263 2,344,903 4,589,360 216,789 131,956 73,465 11,368
2003 16,192,572 6,995,724 2,383,580 4,612,144 214,800 129,804 73,791 11,205
2004 16,258,032 7,049,280 2,423,950 4,625,330 214,912 128,116 74,801 11,995
2005 16,305,526 7,090,965 2,449,378 4,641,587 213,202 126,667 74,645 11,890
2006 16,334,210 7,146,088 2,502,084 4,644,004 208,653 123,891 73,306 11,456
2007 16,357,992 7,190,543 2,536,891 4,653,652 206,732 121,027 74,358 11,347
2008 16,405,399 7,242,202 2,571,014 4,671,188 206,864 119,619 76,293 10,952
2009 16,485,787 7,312,579 2,619,394 4,693,185 207,003 118,945 77,188 10,870
2010 16,574,989 7,386,144 2,669,516 4,716,628 208,687 119,063 79,218 10,406
2011 16,655,799 7,443,801 2,708,251 4,735,550 219,315 121,674 86,901 10,740
2012 16,730,348 7,512,824 2,761,764 4,751,060 219,224 120,393 88,295 10,536
2013 16,779,575 7,569,371 2,802,182 4,767,189 214,784 118,252 85,743 10,789
2014 16,829,289 7,590,228 2,803,852 4,786,376 249,942 121,644 110,984 17,314
2015 16,900,726 7,665,198 2,867,797 4,797,401 244,794 118,593 104,661 21,540
2016 16,979,120 7,720,787 2,906,334 4,814,453 254,888 120,668 104,764 29,456
2017 17,081,507 7,794,075 2,961,228 4,832,847 245,302 115,321 98,600 31,381
2018 17,181,084 7,857,914 2,997,617 4,860,297 248,772 116,189 106,605 25,978
2019 17,282,163 7,924,691 3,037,622 4,887,069 246,661 115,394 110,217 21,050
2020 17,407,585 7,997,800 3,079,778 4,918,022 258,863 119,911 114,394 24,558
2021 17,475,415 8,043,443 3,097,117 4,946,326 258,760 117,231 116,142 25,387
2022 17,590,672 8,138,591 3,172,564 4,966,027 262,539 118,805 117,408 26,326
2023 17,811,291 8,270,244 3,266,042 5,004,202 276,024 125,046 120,401 30,577
Source: CBS.
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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 7 August 2023:
The figures of 1 January 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
The final figures of 1 January 2024 will be added in the 4th quarter of 2024.

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.
Total of the Netherlands
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
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 type of institution
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.

Total persons living in institutions
Total of persons living in institutional households.
Homes for the elderly and nursing homes
Homes for permanent residence of old persons, including care such as meals, cleaning, monitoring alarm systems and personal support.
Other health care institution
Other health care institution:
- Mental health and psychiatric institutions, forensic psychiatric institutions, drug rehabilitation centres.
- Institutions for mentally, physically or sensorily disabled persons.
- Shelters for the homeless.

Other type of institution
Other type of institution:
- Educational boarding schools and training schools for police and armed forces
- Monasteries
- Prisons
- Military barracks
- As of January 1st 2014: residents of asylum centres (but only if they are registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality).