neighbourhood in Hoeksche Waard
Maasdam Woonkern
2,905 residents · postal code 3299 · Part of Maasdam, Hoeksche Waard
The nearest railway station lies eleven kilometres from Maasdam Woonkern, a sign of just how rural this corner of the Hoeksche Waard is. Space and quiet scores 7.0, matched by safety at 9.2, with 15 crimes per 1,000 people present against a median of 24. Ninety-one per cent of homes are single-family houses and 78 per cent owner-occupied, valued at €445,000. Amenities lag at 5.3, though the supermarket itself is just eight hundred metres off. More than a quarter of residents are over 65.
- no. 3,405 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 39 in Hoeksche Waard
How Maasdam Woonkern 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, 51 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
The age profile of Maasdam Woonkern looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
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
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,755 — less 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 Maasdam Woonkern calculated?
Maasdam Woonkern scores 8.0 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 Maasdam Woonkern 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 Maasdam Woonkern a safe neighbourhood?
Maasdam Woonkern scores 9.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (14.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Hoeksche Waard
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Hoeksche Waard.
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