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district in Leeuwarden

Grou e.o.

Grou e.o. has 9 neighbourhoods with 8,445 residents in total.

Bottom 43% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

Grou and surroundings is the water-sports heart of Leeuwarden municipality: the village on the Pikmeer lake plus Jirnsum, Reduzum and the lake country. Quiet and nature scores 7.6 — sailing water everywhere. The other numbers stay village-average. Overall: 5.7 for over 8,400 residents.

no. 8 of the 22 districts of Leeuwarden

Short answer: Grou e.o. scores 5.7 as a district of Leeuwarden, no. 8 of the 22 districts of Leeuwarden. Its strongest neighbourhood is Jirnsum (7.4), the worst Idaerd (2.6). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 8,445 residents in total.

Key figures for Grou e.o.

residents
8,445
neighbourhoods
9
km² of land
43.6

How Grou e.o. 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
19.4 per 1,000
Violent crime
2.0 per 1,000
Burglaries
1.3 per 1,000
Property crime
6.6 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 212 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.
Supermarket
1.9 km
GP practice
1.8 km
Train station
2.3 km
Restaurant
1.3 km
Hospital
13.3 km
Café
1.0 km
Library
2.5 km
Motorway ramp
1.6 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Leeuwarden

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
€ 322,899
Welfare recipients
19.9 per 1,000
High incomes
16%
Low incomes
39%
Vacancy
4%
Owner-occupied
68%
Social housing
24%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
91%
Built after 2000
16%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Leeuwarden

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
1,705 inw/km²
Noise level
50 dB
Green surroundings
65%
Trees nearby
3%
Water share
15%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
571
Fine particles (PM2.5)
6.3 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 Leeuwarden

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
1.0 km
Households with children
32%
Childcare
0.7 km
Secondary school
2.4 km
Residents under 15
15%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Leeuwarden

Who lives here

The age profile of Grou e.o. looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1515%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2511%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4521%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6529%

    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

    2.1smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    36%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    32%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    1,697less 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 Grou e.o., weighted by population.

The best and worst neighbourhoods of Grou e.o.

The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Grou e.o..

Neighbourhoods in Grou e.o.

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Jirnsum7.4
  2. 2Buitengebied Grou6.0
  3. 3Buitengebied Jirnsum6.0
  4. 4Grou5.6
  5. 5Reduzum4.4
  6. 6Buitengebied Reduzum4.0
  7. 7Friens3.8
  8. 8Idaerd2.6
  9. Eagum