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neighbourhood in Voorschoten

Centrum

710 residents · postal code 2251 · Part of Wijk 00, Voorschoten

  • no. 3,511 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 11 of 12 in Voorschoten
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Scores per pillar

Home to 710 residents, Centrum is an urban residential neighbourhood in Voorschoten. On the national yardstick it earns a grade of 8.0. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 9.9, while nature and quiet lags at 3.3.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.2 km
General practitioner
0.3 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
2.9 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
1.8 km
Hospital
5.0 km
Restaurant
0.1 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
0.5 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
65.6
Violent crimes
1.0
Burglaries
0.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 430,000
Owner-occupied
42%
Single-family homes
28%
Built after 2000
29%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 7%15–25 11%25–45 27%45–65 27%65+ 28%
Average household size
1.6
Households with children
16%
Single-person households
57%
Residents per km²
5,799

Nearby neighbourhoods

Bijdorp

Voorschoten

8.4

Bloemenwijk

Voorschoten

9.7

Nassauwijk

Voorschoten

9.9

Vlietwijk

Voorschoten

5.2

Boschgeest

Voorschoten

8.1

Dobbewijk

Voorschoten

9.6

Similar neighbourhoods

Kwakkenberg

Nijmegen

8.0

Rivierenbuurt

Haarlem

8.0

Driegatenbrug

Leiderdorp

8.0

Molenvliet 2

Barendrecht

8.0

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Centrum calculated?

Centrum scores 8.0 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 Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

Centrum scores 6.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (65.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.