The districts of Hardinxveld-Giessendam
Hardinxveld-Giessendam has 19,110 residents (2026), spread across 4 districts and 25 neighbourhoods.
Everything for children close by, and little room
As a municipality, Hardinxveld-Giessendam sits at 7.9, better than 71% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Families lift that grade with 8.5; quiet and nature hold it back at 4.5. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Giessendam Over 't Spoor (9.9), the lowest in Bedrijventerrein Langeveer (3.5). That is 6.4 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Hardinxveld-Giessendam
- residents
- 19,110
- districts
- 4
- neighbourhoods
- 25
- km² of land
- 16.9
How Hardinxveld-Giessendam scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 398 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Hardinxveld-Giessendam →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Hardinxveld-Giessendam →
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 most affluent neighbourhoods in Hardinxveld-Giessendam →
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 quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Hardinxveld-Giessendam →
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
The best neighbourhoods for families in Hardinxveld-Giessendam →
Who lives here
Hardinxveld-Giessendam has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.5 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,873 — 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 Hardinxveld-Giessendam, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Hardinxveld-Giessendam →Giessendam Over 't Spoor
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Wielwijk-noord
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Tienmorgen
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Blauwe Zoom
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Giessendam-West
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De Peulen-Oost
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Weakest neighbourhoods
Bedrijventerrein Langeveer
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De Sluisweg
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Centrum
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The worst and the safest districts of Hardinxveld-Giessendam
The worst districts of Hardinxveld-Giessendam are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of Hardinxveld-Giessendam: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Hardinxveld-Giessendam: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Hardinxveld-Giessendam →
Other rankings
The 4 districts of Hardinxveld-Giessendam with a grade
Sorted by total grade