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Stolwijk

Stolwijk has 9 neighbourhoods with 5,430 residents in total.

Top 32% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 5 of the 12 districts of Krimpenerwaard

Short answer: Stolwijk scores 7.6 as a district of Krimpenerwaard, no. 5 of the 12 districts of Krimpenerwaard. Its strongest neighbourhood is Bovenkerk (9.3), the worst Goudseweg (4.0). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 5,430 residents in total.

Key figures for Stolwijk

residents
5,430
neighbourhoods
9
km² of land
25.9

How Stolwijk 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
17.7 per 1,000
Violent crime
2.5 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.7 per 1,000
Property crime
4.8 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 105 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in KrimpenerwaardThe most dangerous neighbourhoods in Krimpenerwaard

The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
1.0 km
GP practice
1.2 km
Train station
7.5 km
Restaurant
1.1 km
Hospital
8.0 km
Café
1.1 km
Library
5.1 km
Motorway ramp
0.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Krimpenerwaard

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.
Property value
€ 480,838
Welfare recipients
11.3 per 1,000
High incomes
21%
Low incomes
40%
Vacancy
4%
Owner-occupied
72%
Social housing
22%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
81%
Built after 2000
23%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Krimpenerwaard

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
2,511 inw/km²
Noise level
47 dB
Green surroundings
72%
Trees nearby
4%
Water share
7%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
417
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.4 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

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Krimpenerwaard

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
1.1 km
Households with children
40%
Childcare
1.2 km
Secondary school
6.5 km
Residents under 15
18%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Krimpenerwaard

Who lives here

Stolwijk has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1518%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2514%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4521%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6526%

    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

    2.6larger than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    28%fewer than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    39%more than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    2,511around the 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 Stolwijk, weighted by population.

The best and worst neighbourhoods of Stolwijk

The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Stolwijk.

Neighbourhoods in Stolwijk

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Bovenkerk9.3
  2. 2Benedenkerk9.1
  3. 3Koolwijk7.8
  4. 4Stolwijk7.7
  5. 5Benedenheul7.3
  6. 6Schoonouwen6.9
  7. 7Het Beijersche6.3
  8. 8Bilwijk4.1
  9. 9Goudseweg4.0