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neighbourhood in Leeuwarden

Wirdum

1,045 residents · postal code 9088 · Part of Dorpen Zuid-Oost, Leeuwarden

  • no. 6,426 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 21 of 111 in Leeuwarden
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Scores per pillar

Wirdum is a spacious residential neighbourhood in Leeuwarden with 1,045 residents. On the national yardstick it earns a grade of 6.3. The profile is pronounced: safety scores 9.7, while housing lags at 4.4.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.3 km
General practitioner
2.8 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
6.6 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
7.5 km
Hospital
6.7 km
Restaurant
3.4 km
Café
4.9 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
15.6
Violent crimes
0.5
Burglaries
0.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 309,000
Owner-occupied
70%
Single-family homes
98%
Built after 2000
15%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 18%15–25 11%25–45 23%45–65 27%65+ 21%
Average household size
2.3
Households with children
36%
Single-person households
32%
Residents per km²
1,548

Nearby neighbourhoods

Buitengebied Wirdum

Leeuwarden

4.6

Wytgaard

Leeuwarden

5.9

Techum

Leeuwarden

9.8

De Klamp

Leeuwarden

9.9

Buitengebied Wytgaard

Leeuwarden

6.6

Wergea

Leeuwarden

6.9

Similar neighbourhoods

Molenstraat en omgeving

Vught

6.3

Fatima West

Tilburg

6.3

Zetten Centrum

Overbetuwe

6.3

Kloosterstede

Assen

6.3

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Wirdum calculated?

Wirdum scores 6.3 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 Wirdum a safe neighbourhood?

Wirdum scores 9.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (15.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.