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Wergea

1,745 residents · postal code 9005 · Part of Dorpen Zuid-Oost, Leeuwarden

  • no. 5,343 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 17 of 111 in Leeuwarden
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Scores per pillar

Wergea is a Frisian canal village below Leeuwarden, known as the setting of the Kameleon children's books. Nature scores 8.1 in the surrounding lake country and safety 9.5 — position 789 nationally. The village has supermarket, GP and school within 700 metres. The average value stays at €309k. Overall: 6.9.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
6.5 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
7.8 km
Hospital
6.5 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Café
2.6 km
Library
7.9 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
13.7
Violent crimes
0.3
Burglaries
0.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 309,000
Owner-occupied
69%
Single-family homes
95%
Built after 2000
22%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 17%15–25 10%25–45 25%45–65 27%65+ 21%
Average household size
2.2
Households with children
34%
Single-person households
31%
Residents per km²
1,508

Nearby neighbourhoods

Buitengebied Wergea

Leeuwarden

6.4

Buitengebied Wirdum

Leeuwarden

4.6

Wirdum

Leeuwarden

6.3

Buitengebied Hempens

Leeuwarden

8.6

Zuiderburen

Leeuwarden

9.7

Hempens/Teerns

Leeuwarden

7.0

Similar neighbourhoods

Vesten

Nieuwegein

6.9

Kern Doornenburg

Lingewaard

6.9

Hoven-Oost

Nieuwegein

6.9

Presidentenbuurt

Rijswijk (ZH.)

6.9

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Wergea calculated?

Wergea scores 6.9 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 Wergea a safe neighbourhood?

Wergea scores 9.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (13.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.