Housing

Between 2015 and 2019, the Central Bureau of Statistics Curaçao (CBS) conducted two sub-surveys as part of a comprehensive examination of the housing market: a housing need survey and a housing count survey. These investigations have yielded data on crucial aspects of both the demand and supply sides of the housing market. Utilizing insights gleaned from these studies, an analysis has been conducted on another critical facet of the housing market—determining whether there is a shortage or surplus of housing. On this page, you can access information pertaining to all three dimensions of the housing market.

Key figures

Developments on the housing market of Curaçao, in the period 2008/2017

Component
Variable
2008
2017
Increase/
Decrease
Increase/
Decrease percentage

Demand side

Housing 
Demand    

63.018

78.728

15.710

2.8% 
per annum

 Housing need21%26%55895.0 percent points
Supply sideHousing supply58.32171.03713.7162,6 per annum
 Housing vacancy8.0%4.0%18694.0 percent points
Confrontation demand and supplyHousing shortage7.4%***8.5%***22001.1 percent points