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The districts of Woerden

Woerden has 53,975 residents (2026), spread across 8 districts and 31 neighbourhoods.

Top 28% of the Netherlands

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Everything for children close by, and little room

As a municipality, Woerden sits at 7.9, better than 72% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Families lift that grade with 8.0; quiet and nature hold it back at 5.0. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Waterrijk (10.0), the lowest in Middelland-Noord (3.0). That is 7.0 points of difference inside one municipality.

Key figures for Woerden

residents
53,975
districts
8
neighbourhoods
31
km² of land
88.6

How Woerden 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.
Total crime
24.2 per 1,000
Violent crime
2.2 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.8 per 1,000
Property crime
10.7 per 1,000
Vandalism
1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 2,006 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
0.9 km
GP practice
1.1 km
Train station
3.0 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Hospital
3.4 km
Café
1.5 km
Library
1.8 km
Motorway ramp
1.5 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Woerden →

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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
€ 440,355
Welfare recipients
14.1 per 1,000
High incomes
24%
Low incomes
36%
Vacancy
3%
Owner-occupied
67%
Social housing
22%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
72%
Built after 2000
21%

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
5,422 inw/km²
Noise level
54 dB
Green surroundings
50%
Trees nearby
7%
Water share
6%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
1,387
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
0.7 km
Households with children
38%
Childcare
0.7 km
Secondary school
2.1 km
Residents under 15
17%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Woerden →

Who lives here

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

Age profile

  • 0–1517%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2512%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4524%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6527%

    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

    2.3 — around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    33% — around the average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    37% — around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    5,422 — 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 Woerden, weighted by population.

Weakest neighbourhoods

The worst and the safest districts of Woerden

The worst districts of Woerden are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.

Other rankings

The 8 districts of Woerden with a grade

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Woerden-Oost9.1
  2. 2Harmelen8.4
  3. 3Zegveld8.4
  4. 4Kamerik8.1
  5. 5Woerden-Midden7.9
  6. 6Woerden-West6.5
  7. 7Buitengebied Woerden-Oost6.4
  8. 8Buitengebied Woerden-West4.8