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

Changed on: 07/08/2023 02:00

Households; size, composition, position in the household, 1 January
Periods	Persons by household position Men Children living at home (number)	Persons by household position Women Children living at home (number)	Persons in institutional households By type of institution Homes for the elderly and nursing homes (number)
1995	2,468,651	2,077,710	.
1996	2,472,402	2,084,687	.
1997	2,462,992	2,082,214	.
1998	2,454,627	2,081,368	145,115
1999	2,446,834	2,078,882	141,352
2000	2,452,038	2,089,064	136,964
2001	2,469,359	2,108,636	133,742
2002	2,487,061	2,128,510	131,956
2003	2,493,702	2,135,290	129,804
2004	2,496,611	2,138,714	128,116
2005	2,494,676	2,140,008	126,667
2006	2,485,606	2,134,739	123,891
2007	2,475,095	2,126,051	121,027
2008	2,465,115	2,119,921	119,619
2009	2,461,568	2,118,078	118,945
2010	2,461,725	2,120,498	119,063
2011	2,462,451	2,121,821	121,674
2012	2,465,444	2,125,325	120,393
2013	2,460,238	2,124,362	118,252
2014	2,456,510	2,119,096	121,644
2015	2,452,185	2,117,024	118,593
2016	2,454,083	2,121,299	120,668
2017	2,461,408	2,129,577	115,321
2018	2,469,068	2,138,904	116,189
2019	2,478,141	2,148,600	115,394
2020	2,486,993	2,156,612	119,911
2021	2,485,146	2,152,162	117,231
2022	2,485,558	2,153,397	118,805
2023	2,506,951	2,176,499	125,046
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.

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.

Men

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.

Women

Children living at home: Children living at home in a private household.

Child:
Someone with a child-parent relationship with one or two of the adults in the household. Includes biological step and adopted children.
There are no age limits in this category.

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

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.