neighbourhood in Súdwest-Fryslân

Workum

4,295 residents · postal code 8711 · Part of Nijefurd, Súdwest-Fryslân

Top 46% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Workum has hardly any trees — the tree canopy in the surroundings is a fraction of the national median — and still reaches a 7.1 for quiet & nature. Greenery and water are well above the national level here and the noise level below it; in that pillar every component carries equal weight, so one weak component is offset by the rest.

The 3.7 for wealth & income deviates most from the rest. Property values are well below the median and the share of lower incomes above it, though vacancy is exactly at the national average — nothing more stands empty here than elsewhere.

With a station one and a half kilometres away and shops within a kilometre you can manage here without a car. That is what an 8.1 for amenities means in practice, and it is exactly the component places of this size usually lose on.

no. 5,884 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 22 of 141 in Súdwest-Fryslân

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Is Workum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Workum comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

17.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

4.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 96 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

21.1 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 308,000

Welfare recipients

18.6 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

83%

Built after 2000

18%

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

1,765 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

566

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.2 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

0.5 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

8.6 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Workum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+29%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,765 — 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

Is Workum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Workum comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Workum?

In Workum the police recorded 96 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Workum calculated?

Workum scores 6.6 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 Workum 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.