district in Gouda
Binnenstad
Binnenstad has 6 neighbourhoods with 8,630 residents in total.
Gouda's Binnenstad is the city of cheese, stroopwafels and the Sint-Janskerk with its famous stained glass — six neighbourhoods within the canal ring. Amenities score 9.5, by far the district's strongest side. Wealth and income (5.0) sit around the middle and safety (3.5) carries the centre stamp. Overall: 5.0.
no. 9 of the 9 districts of Gouda
Short answer: Binnenstad scores 5.0 as a district of Gouda, no. 9 of the 9 districts of Gouda. Its strongest neighbourhood is Raam e.o. (5.9), the worst Nieuwe Markt e.o. (3.1). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 8,630 residents in total.
Key figures for Binnenstad
- residents
- 8,630
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 1.4
How Binnenstad 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, 997 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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
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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
Binnenstad has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4533%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,554 — 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 Binnenstad, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Binnenstad
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Neighbourhoods in Binnenstad
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