neighbourhood in Barendrecht

Vrijenburg

5,405 residents · postal code 2994 · Part of Vrijenburg, Barendrecht

Top 42% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Vrijenburg was built entirely after 2000, and that can be seen in the population. A majority of the households have children and the share of young residents is considerably above the national level. So the 8.7 for families here really does come from the families, and not just from a school nearby.

What that new build did not bring is a shop. The supermarket and the GP are both more than two kilometres away, and those are precisely the two heaviest components of the amenities pillar — hence a 4.4 in a place where the rest of the figures look good.

The noise level deserves separate attention. It is almost nine decibels above the Dutch median here, and that is the main explanation for the 3.9 for quiet & nature. Greenery and surface water are in fact around or above the national level.

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no. 27 of 44 in Barendrecht

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Is Vrijenburg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vrijenburg comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

20.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

6.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 135 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

2.3 km

GP practice

2.3 km

Train station

5.0 km

Restaurant

1.5 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

2.2 km

Library

3.2 km

Motorway ramp

3.2 km

Tick = Dutch median

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Wealth & income

What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.

Property value

€ 453,000

Welfare recipients

9.3 per 1,000

High incomes

29%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

70%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

69%

Built after 2000

100%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

5,439 inw/km²

Noise level

61 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,540

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 µg/m³

Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.

Tick = Dutch median

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.7 km

Households with children

55%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vrijenburg has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+11%
NL median 22%

Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.

Average household size
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
55% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,439 — far more densely populated than average
NL median 2,364

Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.

Frequently asked questions

Is Vrijenburg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vrijenburg comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Vrijenburg?

In Vrijenburg the police recorded 135 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Vrijenburg calculated?

Vrijenburg scores 6.9 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Vrijenburg lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.