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neighbourhood in Altena

Wijk

2,530 residents · postal code 4261 · Part of Wijk en Aalburg, Altena

  • no. 5,907 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 29 of 58 in Altena
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Scores per pillar

Wijk, the core of Wijk en Aalburg in Brabant's Altena, is a village where the nearest station lies almost sixteen kilometres away. The figures stay modest but mostly sufficient: an overall grade of 6.6, with safety (7.5) and nature (6.4) on top and housing (5.3) at the bottom. At nearly 16 crimes per 1,000 people present, it is safe. Two in three homes are owned, a quarter of residents are over 65, and property, at 401,000 euro, sits just under the middle.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
0.7 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
15.7 km
Hospital
10.7 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
0.8 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
15.9
Violent crimes
0.9
Burglaries
1.3

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 401,000
Owner-occupied
64%
Single-family homes
71%
Built after 2000
29%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 16%15–25 12%25–45 21%45–65 26%65+ 25%
Average household size
2.4
Households with children
36%
Single-person households
33%
Residents per km²
2,957

Nearby neighbourhoods

Buitengebied Wijk en Aalburg oost

Altena

9.1

Aalburg

Altena

3.7

Spijk

Altena

9.1

De Rietschoof

Zaltbommel

8.0

Verspreide huizen Nederhemert

Zaltbommel

9.3

Aalst

Zaltbommel

7.2

Similar neighbourhoods

Staatsliedenbuurt

Papendrecht

6.6

Meerkerk-Noord

Vijfheerenlanden

6.6

Vlinderbuurt

Meppel

6.6

De Kievit Noord-Oost

Tilburg

6.6

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Wijk calculated?

Wijk scores 6.6 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Wijk a safe neighbourhood?

Wijk scores 7.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (15.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.