neighbourhood in Terneuzen

Kern Westdorpe

1,915 residents · postal code 4554 · Part of Kern Westdorpe, Terneuzen

Bottom 17% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Three quarters of the surroundings of Kern Westdorpe are green and the noise level is far below the national median; with a low density on top of that, the quiet & nature pillar comes out at 8.1. Only the tree canopy over the built-up area lags, which shows that greenery around you and trees above your head are measured separately in this pillar.

The price shows in the distances. The GP is more than four kilometres away and the railway station more than forty, while shop, school and restaurant are within eight hundred metres. That is where the 4.9 for amenities gets stuck.

Among the offences, burglary stands out: it is recorded roughly three times as often as nationally, while theft stays far below the median. For a neighbourhood with this much space around it, that is the figure most out of step.

no. 10,943 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 19 of 36 in Terneuzen

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Is Kern Westdorpe a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kern Westdorpe 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 figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

17.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.9 per 1,000

Property crime

2.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 36 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

4.3 km

Train station

40.7 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

11.0 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

4.9 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 252,000

Welfare recipients

10.4 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

76%

Social housing

17%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

93%

Built after 2000

14%

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

1,212 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

76%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

243

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.8 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

0.8 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

11.5 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Kern Westdorpe looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,212 — far 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 Kern Westdorpe a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kern Westdorpe 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 Kern Westdorpe?

In Kern Westdorpe the police recorded 36 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 Kern Westdorpe calculated?

Kern Westdorpe scores 3.7 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 Kern Westdorpe 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.