neighbourhood in Gouda
Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt
2,905 residents · postal code 2804 · Part of Plaswijck, Gouda
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Two figures in Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt stand directly opposed. Families score 9.9, among the highest in the country, with the primary school four hundred metres away and almost half of households having children. Wealth and income score 4.0, and that does not come from a single corner: property value is below the national middle value, the share of households in the lowest income group is above it, and the social assistance rate is more than five times the Dutch level.
That makes this a place where the facilities for children are close by while the parents' finances are tight — a combination rarely set out this sharply side by side on a neighbourhood page.
On safety one thing runs against the rest: the number of reported offences is below the national middle and there is barely any violence, but burglaries occur considerably more often than average. Anyone living here has little to fear on the street and something to watch behind the front door.
- no. 1,866 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 12 of 46 in Gouda
How Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt scores
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Is Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt 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 figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 64 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
47% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,853 — 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 Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt 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 Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt?
In Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt the police recorded 64 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 Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt calculated?
Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt scores 8.9 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 Lusten-, Burgen- en Steinenbuurt 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.
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