The districts of Waadhoeke

Waadhoeke has 46,855 residents (2026), spread across 42 districts and 103 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 38% of the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Waadhoeke comes out at 5.3 as a municipality — better than 37% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.2; wealth and income hold it back at 4.1. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Franeker Witzens (9.7), the lowest in Westhoek (2.6). That is 7.1 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 46,855
districts: 42
neighbourhoods: 103
km² of land: 285

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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

21.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

7.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,032 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

1.6 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

6.4 km

Restaurant

1.9 km

Hospital

12.9 km

Café

2.6 km

Library

3.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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

€ 273,828

Welfare recipients

20.3 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

70%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

91%

Built after 2000

14%

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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

2,282 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

460

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.1 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

0.9 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

4.4 km

Residents under 15

15%

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,268 — around the 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 Waadhoeke, weighted by population.