district in Groningen
Zuidwest
Zuidwest has 6 neighbourhoods with 10,740 residents in total.
Zuidwest is a Groningen quarter around Corpus den Hoorn and the Hoornse Meer, with six neighbourhoods and over 10,700 residents. Amenities score highest at 8.3, and quiet & nature comes in at 5.4. Safety (4.8) and wealth & income (4.6), though, lag behind. The 5.3 overall describes a well-served district where safety and wealth weigh the picture down.
no. 11 of the 20 districts of Groningen
Short answer: Zuidwest scores 5.3 as a district of Groningen, no. 11 of the 20 districts of Groningen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Piccardthof (9.4), the worst Bruilweering (2.6). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 10,740 residents in total.
Key figures for Zuidwest
- residents
- 10,740
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 3.8
How Zuidwest 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, 436 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
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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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
The age profile of Zuidwest looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
3,735 — 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 Zuidwest, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Zuidwest
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Zuidwest.
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Neighbourhoods in Zuidwest
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