The districts of Wijk bij Duurstede

Wijk bij Duurstede has 23,830 residents (2026), spread across 4 districts and 18 neighbourhoods.

Top 18% of the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Wijk bij Duurstede comes out at 8.7 as a municipality — better than 82% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 8.4; quiet and nature hold it back at 6.1. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Cothen (9.8), the lowest in Buitengebied Wijk bij Duurstede (4.7). That is 5.1 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 23,830
districts: 4
neighbourhoods: 18
km² of land: 47.6

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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

16.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

5.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 427 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

10.6 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

8.0 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 460,412

Welfare recipients

11.8 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

72%

Social housing

22%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

83%

Built after 2000

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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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

5,121 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,157

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.

Tick = Dutch median

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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

36%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Wijk bij Duurstede looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,115 — 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 Wijk bij Duurstede, weighted by population.