Living in Zoetermeer: Who doesn’t want that? Enjoying the Balijbos, shopping in the Stadshart, have a nice drink on Stadhuisplein, life in Zoetermeer is not that bad yet! But then you must be able to find a home here.
How many homes are there in our municipality? What kind of homes are those? What do you pay for a Zoetermeer owner -occupied home on average? How many new -build homes have recently been added? You can read it in this article.
Inhabitants
First Things First: How many inhabitants does the municipality of Zoetermeer have? On January 1, 2025, 129,941 people lived in our city.
But these people also have to live somewhere. How many homes do you think Zoetermeer counts? Check it on the next page.
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Zoetermeer has so many homes
In 2024 there were 57,653 homes in the municipality of Zoetermeer. Of this, 55 percent is a owner -occupied home. The majority of those homes were built for the year 2000, namely 78 percent.
What kind of homes do we have in Zoetermeer? And which home are there the most? Swipe to the next page and you know!

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Types of homes
Which type of home do you find the most in the municipality of Zoetermeer? That’s an apartment. Of these, 26,558 or 44.5 percent of all homes are. In second place is an intermediate or semi-detached house and a corner house on the third.
Most of these houses were built in the period 1970 – 1980. Then 10,229 buildings were added in the municipality of Zoetermeer.
But how many new -build homes were added to our municipality in the first half of 2024? Take a gamble and read the answer on the next page.

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New -build homes in Zoetermeer
A little general information: according to figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the number of new -build homes delivered in the first six months of this year has dropped to the lowest level since 2018.
In total, almost 32,700 newly built homes were added in the Netherlands, where there were more than 34,000 in the same period last year.
In the first half of 2024, a total of 353 new -build homes were delivered in the municipality of Zoetermeer. That is 79 more than in the same period last year.
But what is a house for sale nowadays worth in our municipality? You will find the answer on the next page.

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Average WOZ value in Zoetermeer
WOZ is the abbreviation for appreciation of immovable property. In other words: what is worth your home? Well, in 2024 the average WOZ value of an owner -occupied home in the municipality of Zoetermeer was 363,000 euros. That is 1.68 percent more than in 2023.

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Look inside …
Well, now you know a lot about the living situation in the municipality of Zoetermeer, but have you ever looked inside at Zoetermeerders? We are happy to help you with that, just check these inside viewers:
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Looking inside, Zoetermeerders
On Funda, houses sometimes come by that we are shocked by. With cracks in the …

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