district in Midden-Groningen
Hoogezand-Zuid
Hoogezand-Zuid has 10 neighbourhoods with 11,385 residents in total.
Hoogezand-Zuid, with neighbourhoods like Gorecht-West and Woldwijck, is among the more vulnerable parts of Midden-Groningen. Amenities still reach 8.1, but prosperity sinks to 3.0 and the overall (5.3) falls well behind. Safety (6.1) and quiet and nature (5.0) land in the 5-to-6 range. Ten neighbourhoods hold over 11,300 residents in a district facing a clear liveability challenge — though families score a notably high 8.1 here.
no. 11 of the 21 districts of Midden-Groningen
Short answer: Hoogezand-Zuid scores 5.3 as a district of Midden-Groningen, no. 11 of the 21 districts of Midden-Groningen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Woldwijck-West (8.5), the worst Spoorstraat en Kieldiep (3.7). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 11,385 residents in total.
Key figures for Hoogezand-Zuid
- residents
- 11,385
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 3.6
How Hoogezand-Zuid 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, 276 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
The age profile of Hoogezand-Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,583 — 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 Hoogezand-Zuid, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Hoogezand-Zuid
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Hoogezand-Zuid.
Neighbourhoods in Hoogezand-Zuid
Sorted by total grade