district in Leiderdorp
Wijk 00
Wijk 00 has 11 neighbourhoods with 16,370 residents in total.
Everything for children close by, and little room
Leiderdorp adjoins Leiden across the Rhine, eleven neighbourhoods and just over 16,000 residents. Amenities lead at 7.8, and the overall comes to 6.3. Safety holds up at 6.8 and wealth and income at 6.2. Quiet and nature is the weakest at 4.2. Families land on 7.8. A quiet, well-kept commuter town in the shadow of the university city.
no. 3 of the 3 districts of Leiderdorp
Short answer: Wijk 00 scores 7.7 as a district of Leiderdorp, no. 3 of the 3 districts of Leiderdorp. Its strongest neighbourhood is Binnenhof (9.7), the worst De Baanderij (2.7). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 16,370 residents in total.
Key figures for Wijk 00
- residents
- 16,370
- neighbourhoods
- 11
- km² of land
- 3.6
How Wijk 00 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, 562 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.
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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.
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
The age profile of Wijk 00 looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,238 — 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 Wijk 00, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Wijk 00
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Neighbourhoods in Wijk 00
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