What share of homes are owner-occupied in the Veluwe region?

Owner-occupiers held 63% of homes in Veluwe in 2025, above the national figure of 57%.

Poverty and living standards in Veluwe (Gelderland, Netherlands): official figures

Q: How much social housing is there in the Veluwe region?

Housing associations owned 25% of the homes in the Veluwe COROP area in 2025, below the national figure of 28%; that is 12th lowest among the 40 COROP areas.

Homes in the Veluwe COROP area had an average WOZ value of €473,000 in 2026, 7th highest among the 40 COROP areas, up 64% from €289,000 in 2020.

Average WOZ (tax) value of homes (€)

€473,000

2026

Benefit recipients below pension age per 100 residents aged 15 to 64

10.7

2026

Social assistance (bijstand) recipients below pension age per 100 residents aged 15 to 64

2.5

2026

Unemployment benefit (WW) recipients per 100 residents aged 15 to 64

1.19

2026

Disability benefit recipients per 100 residents aged 15 to 64

7.0

2026

Share of homes owned by housing associations (%)

25%

2025

Share of owner-occupied homes (%)

63%

2025

Share of one-person households (%)

35.8%

2025

How many people are on benefits in the Veluwe region?

People below state pension age receiving a benefit (unemployment, social assistance or disability) numbered 10.7 per 100 residents aged 15 to 64 in Veluwe in 2026, below the national figure of 12.4; that is 7th lowest among the 40 COROP areas.

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How many people receive bijstand in the Veluwe region?

Social assistance (bijstand), the minimum-income benefit, went to 2.5 people under pension age per 100 residents aged 15 to 64 in Veluwe in 2026, 5th lowest among the 40 COROP areas and below the national figure of 3.5, about the same as in 2020.

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How many people get unemployment benefit in the Veluwe region?

Unemployment insurance (WW) was paid to 1.19 people per 100 residents aged 15 to 64 in Veluwe in 2026, against 1.60 nationally.

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How many people are on disability benefit in the Veluwe region?

Veluwe had 7.0 disability benefit recipients per 100 working-age residents in 2026, below the national figure of 7.1.

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How many people live alone in the Veluwe region?

People living alone made up 35.8% of households in the Veluwe COROP area in 2025, below the national figure of 40.1%.

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How many new homes are built in the Veluwe region?

Veluwe added 9.8 new-build homes for every 1,000 existing homes in 2025, 9th highest among the 40 COROP areas (Netherlands: 8.4).

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How Veluwe compares with other COROP regions in the Netherlands

Average WOZ (tax) value of homes (€) (2026)

Veluwe ranks 7 of 40, highest first.

Rank	Area	Average WOZ (tax) value of homes (€)
4	Utrecht	€534,000
5	Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek	€513,000
6	Noordoost-Noord-Brabant	€474,000
7	Veluwe	€473,000
8	Alkmaar en omgeving	€473,000
9	Zuidwest-Gelderland	€470,000
10	Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant	€470,000

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Benefit recipients below pension age per 100 residents aged 15 to 64 (2026)

Veluwe ranks 34 of 40, highest first.

Rank	Area	Benefit recipients below pension age per 100 residents aged 15 to 64
31	Zuidwest-Friesland	11.1
32	Agglomeratie Haarlem	11.1
33	Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant	11.0
34	Veluwe	10.7
35	Utrecht	10.6
36	Het Gooi en Vechtstreek	10.1
37	Oost-Zuid-Holland	9.8

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Social assistance (bijstand) recipients below pension age per 100 residents aged 15 to 64 (2026)

Veluwe ranks 36 of 40, highest first.

Rank	Area	Social assistance (bijstand) recipients below pension age per 100 residents aged 15 to 64
33	Achterhoek	2.7
34	Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen	2.7
35	Oost-Zuid-Holland	2.7
36	Veluwe	2.5
37	Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek	2.5
38	Kop van Noord-Holland	2.4
39	Noordoost-Noord-Brabant	2.4

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Share of homes owned by housing associations (%) (2025)

Veluwe ranks 29 of 40, highest first.

Rank	Area	Share of homes owned by housing associations (%)
26	Zuidoost-Drenthe	25%
27	Zuidwest-Drenthe	25%
28	Noord-Overijssel	25%
29	Veluwe	25%
30	Kop van Noord-Holland	25%
31	Oost-Zuid-Holland	25%
32	Flevoland	25%

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New-build homes per 1,000 existing homes (2025)

Veluwe ranks 9 of 40, highest first.

Rank	Area	New-build homes per 1,000 existing homes
6	Noord-Overijssel	11.2
7	Noordoost-Noord-Brabant	10.9
8	Overig Zeeland	10.4
9	Veluwe	9.8
10	Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant	9.7
11	Utrecht	9.5
12	West-Noord-Brabant	8.9

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Sources

Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS): Regionale kerncijfers Nederland (table 70072ned): provinces, COROP areas and selected municipalities, 2014-2026, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 d2b63aac3a26…)

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