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neighbourhood in Beverwijk

Wijk aan Zee

2,125 residents · postal code 1949 · Part of Wijk aan Zee, Beverwijk

  • no. 7,681 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 18 of 33 in Beverwijk

Scores per pillar

Wijk aan Zee is seaside resort and steelworks village at once: the beach on one side, Tata Steel on the other. That contrast shows in the numbers — nature 6.5 and socio-economic 7.3, but a €332k average value that is strikingly low for a coastal village. Over a quarter of residents are 65-plus. No shortage of cafés: the village square is famous for them. Overall: 5.6.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.9 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.8 km
Secondary school
5.7 km
Childcare
0.8 km
Train station
4.8 km
Hospital
4.4 km
Restaurant
0.4 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
22.4
Violent crimes
2.3
Burglaries
0.4

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 332,000
Owner-occupied
67%
Single-family homes
59%
Built after 2000
7%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 10%25–45 22%45–65 32%65+ 26%
Average household size
1.9
Households with children
25%
Single-person households
47%
Residents per km²
1,291

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Wijk aan Zee calculated?

Wijk aan Zee scores 5.6 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 aan Zee a safe neighbourhood?

Wijk aan Zee scores 6.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (22.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.