neighbourhood in Hardinxveld-Giessendam
Wielwijk-zuid
2,585 residents · postal code 3371 · Part of Neder Hardinxveld, Hardinxveld-Giessendam
Wielwijk-zuid is a family neighbourhood in the Alblasserwaard: four in ten households have children and nearly 80 per cent live in single-family homes. Safety and amenities both score around eight, with just over 21 crimes per 1,000 people present, below the national median. Property values lag at 326,000 euro, well under the national middle. Close to two in three homes are owned.
- no. 4,451 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 7 of 17 in Hardinxveld-Giessendam
How Wielwijk-zuid scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 65 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.
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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
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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
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
Wielwijk-zuid 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%
- 25–4524%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,038 — 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
How is the grade for Wielwijk-zuid calculated?
Wielwijk-zuid scores 7.4 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Wielwijk-zuid lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Wielwijk-zuid a safe neighbourhood?
Wielwijk-zuid scores 7.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (21.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Hardinxveld-Giessendam.
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