district in Woerden
Woerden-Oost
Woerden-Oost has 5 neighbourhoods with 9,545 residents in total.
Woerden-Oost bundles the newer residential districts of Snel en Polanen and Waterrijk, five neighbourhoods and over 9,500 residents together. The scores are exceptionally broad and high: safety 9.1, wealth 8.6 and quiet and nature 3.6. Amenities still sit above the middle at 6.6. With an overall of 9.1, Woerden-Oost ranks among the very best in the set: safe, spacious, complete and close-knit, a decidedly successful family district.
no. 1 of the 8 districts of Woerden
Short answer: Woerden-Oost scores 9.1 as a district of Woerden, no. 1 of the 8 districts of Woerden. Its strongest neighbourhood is Waterrijk (10.0), the worst Middelland-Noord (3.0). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 9,545 residents in total.
Key figures for Woerden-Oost
- residents
- 9,545
- neighbourhoods
- 5
- km² of land
- 3
How Woerden-Oost 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, 327 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
Woerden-Oost has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 13%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+13%
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
2.5 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,225 — 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-Oost, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Woerden-Oost
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Woerden-Oost.
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Neighbourhoods in Woerden-Oost
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