neighbourhood in Westland
Buitengebied 1 De Lier
1,835 residents · postal code 2678 · Part of De Lier, Westland
Safe, but few children
Fifty residents per square kilometre and still only a 5.6 for quiet & nature: Buitengebied 1 De Lier shows that thinly populated and green are not the same thing. Greenery around here is far below the national median and the tree canopy is all but absent, and that weighs the pillar down despite the low density and low noise level.
The 8.0 for wealth & income is largely deserved but not wholly. Property values are far above the national median and there is no social assistance, while the share of households on a low income is above the national middle. The property here is worth more than the incomes suggest.
The 3.7 for families has one cause: the primary school is two kilometres away, and that is the heaviest component of the pillar. There are plenty of households with children, but the school day starts with a drive.
- no. 6,441 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 43 of 73 in Westland
How Buitengebied 1 De Lier scores
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Is Buitengebied 1 De Lier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Buitengebied 1 De Lier comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Buitengebied 1 De Lier is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
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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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Buitengebied 1 De Lier has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 16%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
166 — 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 Buitengebied 1 De Lier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Buitengebied 1 De Lier comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Buitengebied 1 De Lier is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Buitengebied 1 De Lier?
In Buitengebied 1 De Lier the police recorded 46 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Buitengebied 1 De Lier calculated?
Buitengebied 1 De Lier scores 6.3 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 Buitengebied 1 De Lier 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.
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