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neighbourhood in Voorschoten

Bloemenwijk

1,690 residents · postal code 2252 · Part of Wijk 00, Voorschoten

  • no. 451 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 3 of 12 in Voorschoten
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Scores per pillar

Bloemenwijk is an urban residential neighbourhood in Voorschoten with 1,690 residents. On the national yardstick it earns a grade of 9.7. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 9.6, while nature and quiet lags at 3.1.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
3.4 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
1.4 km
Hospital
4.6 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
1.0 km
Library
0.6 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
15.9
Violent crimes
0.7
Burglaries
1.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 578,000
Owner-occupied
89%
Single-family homes
89%
Built after 2000
1%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 19%15–25 11%25–45 19%45–65 31%65+ 21%
Average household size
2.4
Households with children
42%
Single-person households
28%
Residents per km²
7,289

Nearby neighbourhoods

Centrum

Voorschoten

8.0

Boschgeest

Voorschoten

8.1

Nassauwijk

Voorschoten

9.9

Bijdorp

Voorschoten

8.4

Dobbewijk

Voorschoten

9.6

Starrenburg

Voorschoten

9.9

Similar neighbourhoods

Kleverpark-noord

Haarlem

9.7

Oudega

Smallingerland

9.7

De Bik

Amersfoort

9.7

Den Deijl

Wassenaar

9.7

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Bloemenwijk calculated?

Bloemenwijk scores 9.7 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 Bloemenwijk a safe neighbourhood?

Bloemenwijk scores 7.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (15.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.