district in Zwijndrecht
Walburg
Walburg has 15 neighbourhoods with 9,680 residents in total.
Walburg in Zwijndrecht spreads over fifteen small neighbourhoods with statesmen and European names, together over 9,600 residents. Amenities are by far the strongest at 8.4, and safety holds up well at 5.9. Wealth stays around the middle at 4.5, and quiet and nature sink to 3.5, the weak spot. With an overall of 6.2, Walburg reads as fully served, but cramped and average.
no. 6 of the 9 districts of Zwijndrecht
Short answer: Walburg scores 6.2 as a district of Zwijndrecht, no. 6 of the 9 districts of Zwijndrecht. Its strongest neighbourhood is Lievershil en omgeving (9.9), the worst Winkelcentrum Walburg (2.7). The district has 15 neighbourhoods with 9,680 residents in total.
Key figures for Walburg
- residents
- 9,680
- neighbourhoods
- 15
- km² of land
- 1.7
How Walburg 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, 352 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
Walburg has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+34%
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
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,685 — 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 Walburg, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Walburg
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Walburg.
Neighbourhoods in Walburg
Sorted by total grade
- 1Lievershil en omgeving9.9
- 2Veerplein - Oostkeetshaven9.2
- 3Balkengat9.1
- 4Swanendrif-Zuid8.3
- 5Europesebuurt8.0
- 6Slagveld en Omgeving6.9
- 7Staatsliedenbuurt-Noord6.7
- 8Staatsliedenbuurt-Zuid5.6
- 9De Were en omgeving5.4
- 10Oud- en Gerbrandyplein5.2
- 11Eem- en Zonnestein3.6
- 12Winkelcentrum Walburg2.7
- –Drinkwaterbedrijf
- –Industriegebied Ringdijk
- –Noordpark