Resident Rucphen spends most on energy, Bosschenaar is well off

Baarle-Nassau (24.3 percent) and Mill and Sint Hubert (23.9 percent) in the municipality of Land van Cuijk also score high on the so-called energy quota. This is the percentage of households that spend 8 percent or more of their income on energy. Residents of Den Bosch, Vught and Breda are the most merciful in our province, according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Their energy quota is about 17 percent.

Zonneplan calculated the average monthly energy costs per municipality and province and compared this to the disposable income per household, corrected for differences in size and composition of the family.

685 euros per month
In Rucphen, the monthly energy costs are currently 685 euros per household, while an average household earns 2742 euros. In the municipality of Den Bosch, a household earns an average of almost 200 euros more and energy costs are more than 175 euros lower. In the municipality of Vught, the average resident has the most left over after paying the energy bill: more than 970 euros more than in Heusden.

Large and old houses
Calculated across the whole of the Netherlands, the increased energy costs will hit residents of the province of Groningen the hardest. With their relatively large, old homes and low average income, Groningen residents spend no less than 23.6 percent of their income on energy bills. Other northern provinces also score high, while in Flevoland it is ‘only’ 15 percent. The energy ratio in the Randstad provinces is also relatively low, while Brabant is in between with 19.6 percent.

At 13.7 percent, the energy quota in Amsterdam is the lowest in the Netherlands. A combination of a relatively high average income and relatively small houses is the main reason for this, according to Zonneplan.

With an energy quota of 10 percent or more, there is so-called ‘energy poverty’.