The districts of Barendrecht

Barendrecht has 48,555 residents (2026), spread across 23 districts and 62 neighbourhoods.

Top 34% of the Netherlands

Families packed close together

As a municipality, Barendrecht sits at 7.5, better than 66% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Families lift that grade with 8.1; quiet and nature hold it back at 4.0. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Centrum Oost (9.6), the lowest in Smitshoek (3.9). That is 5.7 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 48,555
districts: 23
neighbourhoods: 62
km² of land: 19.6

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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

22.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

8.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,388 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

1.3 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

3.3 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 km

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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

€ 452,079

Welfare recipients

15.1 per 1,000

High incomes

27%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

73%

Built after 2000

44%

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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

5,831 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,703

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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.

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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

44%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

16%

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,818 — far more 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Barendrecht, weighted by population.