check je wijk.

neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Nijlân

3,875 residents · postal code 8931 · Part of Nijlân & De Zwette, Leeuwarden

  • no. 12,414 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 86 of 111 in Leeuwarden

Scores per pillar

Nijlân in Leeuwarden has the lowest home value in this set: an average of €197,000, less than half the national midpoint. Amenities sit close by and score 9.2, but housing at 2.7, safety at 3.0 and the social measure at 3.1 rank among the lowest in the country. Just 31 percent are owned and 62 percent of households live alone. Crime, at 34 per 1,000 people present, runs above the median; the total stays at 2.9.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
0.6 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
1.6 km
Hospital
2.2 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
2.3 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
34.0
Violent crimes
2.8
Burglaries
1.4

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 197,000
Owner-occupied
31%
Single-family homes
24%
Built after 2000
10%
Income per resident
€ 29,000

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 12%25–45 31%45–65 21%65+ 25%
Average household size
1.6
Households with children
16%
Single-person households
62%
Residents per km²
3,794

Nearby neighbourhoods

Similar neighbourhoods

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Nijlân calculated?

Nijlân scores 2.9 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Nijlân a safe neighbourhood?

Nijlân scores 3.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (34.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.