district in Woerden
Woerden-Midden
Woerden-Midden has 6 neighbourhoods with 19,780 residents in total.
Woerden-Midden centres on the town core and surrounding quarters, six neighbourhoods and nearly 20,000 residents. Amenities stand out at 9.2, fitting for a centre with everything within walking distance. The overall comes to 5.8, with safety (5.6) and wealth and income (5.5) beneath it. Quiet and nature are the weak spot at 4.7. A compact, well-served town core in the Groene Hart.
no. 5 of the 8 districts of Woerden
Short answer: Woerden-Midden scores 7.9 as a district of Woerden, no. 5 of the 8 districts of Woerden. Its strongest neighbourhood is Bloemen- en Bomenkwartier (8.9), the worst Bedrijventerrein Honthorst (5.1). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 19,780 residents in total.
Key figures for Woerden-Midden
- residents
- 19,780
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 3.7
How Woerden-Midden 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, 882 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.
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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.
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 Woerden-Midden looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,085 — 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 Woerden-Midden, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Woerden-Midden
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Woerden-Midden.
Neighbourhoods in Woerden-Midden
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