district in Lelystad
Waterwijk-Landerijen
Waterwijk-Landerijen has 11 neighbourhoods with 11,620 residents in total.
Waterwijk-Landerijen in Lelystad spreads over 11,600 residents across eleven neighbourhoods. The scores sit evenly around the middle: amenities 7.4, overall and safety both 6.0, quiet and nature 5.9. Prosperity is the most modest at 5.8. A planned, well-served district with no sharp peaks either way, though for families it scores a clearly higher 8.9.
no. 3 of the 11 districts of Lelystad
Short answer: Waterwijk-Landerijen scores 7.5 as a district of Lelystad, no. 3 of the 11 districts of Lelystad. Its strongest neighbourhood is Landerijen Zuid/Oost (9.9), the worst Wijkcentrum, Voorstraat (3.9). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 11,620 residents in total.
Key figures for Waterwijk-Landerijen
- residents
- 11,620
- neighbourhoods
- 11
- km² of land
- 2.9
How Waterwijk-Landerijen 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, 295 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
Waterwijk-Landerijen has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 14%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+14%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
45% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,018 — 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 Waterwijk-Landerijen, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Waterwijk-Landerijen
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Waterwijk-Landerijen.
Neighbourhoods in Waterwijk-Landerijen
Sorted by total grade