district in Maastricht
Buitenwijk West
Buitenwijk West has 10 neighbourhoods with 36,010 residents in total.
Buitenwijk West covers Maastricht's post-war belt, ten neighbourhoods and 36,000 residents taking in Malberg, Daalhof and Mariaberg. Amenities score 8.2, since the old centre is never far. Safety (4.7) sits below the national median, though, wealth and income fall well short at 3.3, and quiet and nature get no higher than 5.5. The 4.3 overall marks a mixed urban edge where household incomes are the weakest link.
no. 4 of the 7 districts of Maastricht
Short answer: Buitenwijk West scores 4.3 as a district of Maastricht, no. 4 of the 7 districts of Maastricht. Its strongest neighbourhood is Dousberg-Hazendans (7.8), the worst Brusselsepoort (2.5). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 36,010 residents in total.
Key figures for Buitenwijk West
- residents
- 36,010
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 8.9
How Buitenwijk West 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, 1,465 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
Buitenwijk West has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 16%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,342 — 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 Buitenwijk West, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Buitenwijk West
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Neighbourhoods in Buitenwijk West
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