district in Hoeksche Waard
Oud-Beijerland
Oud-Beijerland has 11 neighbourhoods with 25,065 residents in total.
Oud-Beijerland is the main town of the Hoeksche Waard, eleven neighbourhoods and just over 25,000 residents around Zoomwijck and Poortwijk. Safety scores 7.9 and the overall 8.0, marks that suit a quiet island town within reach of Rotterdam. Amenities (6.9) hold up soundly, prosperity comes to 6.1 and peace and space to 5.1. A tidy, safe town with the polder country right outside the door.
no. 5 of the 14 districts of Hoeksche Waard
Short answer: Oud-Beijerland scores 8.0 as a district of Hoeksche Waard, no. 5 of the 14 districts of Hoeksche Waard. Its strongest neighbourhood is Oud-Beijerland Zeeheldenwijk (9.2), the worst Oud-Beijerland Centrum (4.3). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 25,065 residents in total.
Key figures for Oud-Beijerland
- residents
- 25,065
- neighbourhoods
- 11
- km² of land
- 18.7
How Oud-Beijerland 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, 700 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.
Tick = Dutch median
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 Oud-Beijerland looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,229 — 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 Oud-Beijerland, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Oud-Beijerland
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Oud-Beijerland.
Neighbourhoods in Oud-Beijerland
Sorted by total grade
- 1Oud-Beijerland Zeeheldenwijk9.2
- 2Oud-Beijerland Zoomwijck9.1
- 3Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk8.9
- 4Oud-Beijerland Zuidwijk8.9
- 5Oud-Beijerland Bedrijventerrein De Hoogerwerf7.2
- 6Oud-Beijerland Spuioeverwijk7.1
- 7Oud-Beijerland Croonenburghwijk6.7
- 8Oud-Beijerland Oosterse Gorzenwijk6.5
- 9Oud-Beijerland Bedrijventerrein De Bosschen6.5
- 10Oud-Beijerland Buitengebied4.6
- 11Oud-Beijerland Centrum4.3