neighbourhood in Gouda

Ouwe Gouwe

5,365 residents · postal code 2805 · Part of Noord, Gouda

Top 48% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The wealth figure of Ouwe Gouwe does not come from the income distribution. The top income group is in fact slightly larger than nationally and the bottom one slightly smaller. What causes the 4.7 is the property value, which is almost a hundred thousand below the Dutch median, together with a share of social assistance recipients of more than twice the national level.

Set against that is the neighbourhood's strongest pillar. The GP, the primary school, the supermarket and a restaurant are all within seven hundred metres and the station a little more than a kilometre away, and that produces a 9.3 for amenities.

The quiet score fits that same location. The population density is high, the greenery around the neighbourhood stays far below the national level and the noise level is clearly above it — together good for a 4.4, the figure that a central location in a city simply costs.

no. 6,228 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 25 of 46 in Gouda

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Is Ouwe Gouwe a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ouwe Gouwe comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

25.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

10.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 182 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.0 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.5 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

€ 327,000

Welfare recipients

20.5 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

43%

Built after 2000

14%

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

7,266 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,426

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.5 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Ouwe Gouwe has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,266 — 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 Ouwe Gouwe a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ouwe Gouwe comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Ouwe Gouwe?

In Ouwe Gouwe the police recorded 182 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Ouwe Gouwe calculated?

Ouwe Gouwe scores 6.4 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 Ouwe Gouwe 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.