The districts of Vijfheerenlanden
Vijfheerenlanden has 62,575 residents (2026), spread across 39 districts and 88 neighbourhoods.
Families packed close together
As a municipality, Vijfheerenlanden 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 5.2. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Broekgraaf-Zuid (9.9), the lowest in Batenstein (3.3). That is 6.6 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Vijfheerenlanden
- residents
- 62,575
- districts
- 39
- neighbourhoods
- 88
- km² of land
- 146
How Vijfheerenlanden 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, 1,653 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Vijfheerenlanden →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Vijfheerenlanden →
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
Vijfheerenlanden has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,040 — 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 Vijfheerenlanden, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Vijfheerenlanden →Broekgraaf-Zuid
Vijfheerenlanden
Drossaardsbuurt
Vijfheerenlanden
Broekgraaf-Noord
Vijfheerenlanden
De Weide
Vijfheerenlanden
Schoonrewoerd kern
Vijfheerenlanden
Varsseveld
Vijfheerenlanden
Weakest neighbourhoods
The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Vijfheerenlanden →Other rankings
All districts of Vijfheerenlanden
Sorted by total grade
- 1Schoonrewoerd9.5
- 2Leerdam buitengebied9.4
- 3Amaliastein9.2
- 4Hagestein8.9
- 5Ameide8.8
- 6Oosterwijk8.8
- 7Leerdam-Noord8.6
- 8Meerkerk8.6
- 9Everdingen8.6
- 10Leerdam-Oost8.5
- 11Lexmond8.5
- 12Tienhoven aan de Lek buitengebied8.5
- 13Schoonrewoerd buitengebied8.5
- 14Hei- en Boeicop buitengebied8.3
- 15Hoef en Haag8.2
- 16Hei- en Boeicop8.2
- 17Kedichem8.1
- 18Kedichem buitengebied8.1
- 19Nieuw Schaik8.0
- 20Zijderveld7.7
- 21Everdingen buitengebied7.6
- 22Monnikenhof7.5
- 23Leerdam-West6.9
- 24Lexmond buitengebied6.9
- 25Vianen centrum6.3
- 26Leerbroek buitengebied6.3
- 27Nieuwland6.2
- 28Nieuwland buitengebied5.8
- 29De Hagen5.6
- 30Hagestein buitengebied5.5
- 31Meerkerk buitengebied5.4
- 32Zijderveld buitengebied5.4
- 33Leerbroek5.2
- 34Vianen buitengebied5.1
- 35Ameide buitengebied5.1
- 36Tienhoven aan de Lek4.8
- 37Leerdam centrum4.2
- 38Vianen bedrijventerrein2.8
- –Ossenwaard