neighbourhood in Papendrecht

Westdonk

1,740 residents · postal code 3355 · Part of Wilgendonk, Papendrecht

Top 18% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Westdonk ranks among the six hundred best in the country with a 9.7 for families, and that rests on two things at once: school and GP at four hundred metres, and more than four in ten households with children. That is a firmer foundation than when distance does all the work.

Quiet & nature is the opposite story and stalls at 3.1. Less greenery within three hundred metres than is usual nationally, a thin tree canopy, no open water and more noise than average — four measurements all pointing the same way. The safety pillar lands on 6.9, with burglary the only component clearly above the national figure; violence and property crime stay below it.

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Is Westdonk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Westdonk comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

22.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

6.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 46 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

3.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

6.6 km

Café

2.2 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 426,000

Welfare recipients

5.7 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

80%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

80%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

6,083 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,950

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 µg/m³

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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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.4 km

Households with children

44%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Westdonk has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6533%
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
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,083 — 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

Is Westdonk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Westdonk comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Westdonk?

In Westdonk the police recorded 46 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Westdonk calculated?

Westdonk scores 8.7 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Westdonk lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.