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Woerden-Oost

Woerden-Oost has 5 neighbourhoods with 9,545 residents in total.

Top 13% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

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.
Total crime
18.0 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.4 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.4 per 1,000
Property crime
6.0 per 1,000
Vandalism
1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 327 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in WoerdenThe most dangerous neighbourhoods in Woerden

The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
1.3 km
GP practice
1.3 km
Train station
2.3 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Hospital
1.6 km
Café
2.1 km
Library
3.0 km
Motorway ramp
1.2 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Woerden

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.
Property value
€ 520,780
Welfare recipients
6.3 per 1,000
High incomes
33%
Low incomes
31%
Vacancy
4%
Owner-occupied
81%
Social housing
11%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
69%
Built after 2000
48%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Woerden

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
5,225 inw/km²
Noise level
55 dB
Green surroundings
35%
Trees nearby
5%
Water share
10%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
1,315
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.8 µg/m³

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 quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Woerden

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.7 km
Households with children
45%
Childcare
0.6 km
Secondary school
0.9 km
Residents under 15
18%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Woerden

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

    2.5around 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

    5,225far 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.

Neighbourhoods in Woerden-Oost

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Waterrijk10.0
  2. 2Snel en Polanen9.4
  3. 3Bedrijventerrein Polanen3.5
  4. 4Middelland-Noord3.0
  5. Middelland-Zuid