district in Waddinxveen
Wijk 02
Wijk 02 has 4 neighbourhoods with 15,150 residents in total.
The district around Triangel is Waddinxveen's new-build face: 15,150 residents in just four neighbourhoods, among them Zuidplas 80 and 90. Safety is highest at 8.6, wealth follows at 7.9, and the overall mark reaches 8.6, the sort of profile a young family district tends to show — the families score, too, is a strong 8.1. Only quiet and nature breaks the pattern at 4.1, while amenities lag a touch at 7.3.
no. 1 of the 4 districts of Waddinxveen
Short answer: Wijk 02 scores 8.6 as a district of Waddinxveen, no. 1 of the 4 districts of Waddinxveen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Zuidplas 90 (9.7), the lowest-scoring West 2 (6.7). The district has 4 neighbourhoods with 15,150 residents in total.
Key figures for Wijk 02
- residents
- 15,150
- neighbourhoods
- 4
- km² of land
- 10.3
How Wijk 02 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, 283 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
Wijk 02 has strikingly many children under 15: 24%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1524%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4534%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
48% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,024 — 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 02, weighted by population.
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Neighbourhoods in Wijk 02
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