The districts of Wageningen

Wageningen has 42,800 residents (2026), spread across 12 districts and 33 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 50% of the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Wageningen comes out at 6.2 as a municipality — better than 49% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 7.6; quiet and nature hold it back at 5.2. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Rietveldbuurt (9.9), the lowest in Wageningse Berg (2.7). That is 7.2 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 42,800
districts: 12
neighbourhoods: 33
km² of land: 30.4

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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

24.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

10.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,355 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

0.8 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

6.9 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

1.3 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 373,601

Welfare recipients

15.7 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

45%

Social housing

38%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

50%

Built after 2000

25%

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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

6,825 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,098

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

0.7 km

Households with children

22%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

11%

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Who lives here

Wageningen has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 23%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2523%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
1.6 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
64% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,825 — 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 Wageningen, weighted by population.