neighbourhood in Gouda

Groenhovenkwartier

2,170 residents · postal code 2803 · Part of Bloemendaal, Gouda

Top 34% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

A 9.6 for families beside a 4.0 for wealth & income: Groenhovenkwartier shows that those two pillars are about different things. The high families figure comes from the primary school three hundred metres away, while the share of households with children is entirely ordinary. The low wealth figure comes from a property value well below the national middle, a narrow high-income bracket and four times as many social assistance claims as nationally.

The crime total stays below the national median, but the 5.2 for safety does not. The explanation lies in burglary and criminal damage: both run well above the national level and together carry almost forty per cent of the pillar, while theft stays far below it.

The 7.2 for quiet & nature is notable at over seven thousand residents per square kilometre. Greenery and tree canopy are both substantially above the national middle here — so densely built does not mean bare. Traffic noise does sit slightly above the median.

no. 4,341 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 20 of 46 in Gouda

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Is Groenhovenkwartier a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Groenhovenkwartier comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

20.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

5.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 50 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

0.3 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

2.8 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 329,000

Welfare recipients

32.3 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

51%

Social housing

49%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

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

7,348 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

66%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,675

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

0.3 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Groenhovenkwartier looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,348 — 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 Groenhovenkwartier a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Groenhovenkwartier comes out at 21 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 Groenhovenkwartier?

In Groenhovenkwartier the police recorded 50 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Groenhovenkwartier calculated?

Groenhovenkwartier scores 7.5 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 Groenhovenkwartier 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.