Especially young families with high income deserted town – NU.nl

Of the young families in big cities that are in the highest income group, leaving more than 12 percent to another municipality. In the lowest income groups than 4 percent still left the big city, the Central Bureau report Statistics ( CBS ) on Thursday.

The lower the income group, the smaller the proportion of young families leaving the big city. This association is stronger among groups who move from one of the four big cities than in families that depart from smaller communities

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Amstelveen

the income also plays a role in the choice of a new church. So move Amsterdam families with young children and higher incomes more likely to Amstelveen, Haarlem and municipalities in the Gooi. Poorer families move earlier from Amsterdam to Zaanstad and Almere.

In 2014 and 2015, in particular, more young families left the four big cities than in the five previous years. Nevertheless, the number of families with young children in these municipalities. That was because there are also many in their twenties and thirties who have had a child.

Amsterdam

Especially Amsterdam hits in recent years lost more young families. Last year left more than 10 percent of Amsterdam’s families with children under four years. In 2012 this proportion was less than 6 percent.

Also, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht have seen more young families leave last year than in previous years.

The CBS called households with a child under four years of a young family

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By: NU.nl