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Living in Waarder Kern

The population is growing slower than in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, and registered crime per resident is lower.

1,365 residents, 532 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Bodegraven-Reeuwijk average.

The average WOZ value in Waarder Kern is €457,000, 3% lower than in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (€472,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 40%, against a rise of 34% in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk. 73% of the homes are owner-occupied, 1 percentage point more than in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (72%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €457,000
    3% lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (€472,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +40%
    higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (+34%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    73%
    1 percentage point higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (72%)
  • Social housing
    22%
    2 percentage points higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (20%)
  • Private rent
    5%
    3 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (8%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    88%
    8 percentage points higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (80%)
  • Built before 1945
    2%
    12 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (14%)
  • Built 2006–2015
    18%
    8 percentage points higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (10%)
  • Built 2016 and later
    5%
    5 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (10%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 40% between 2021 and 2025, to €457,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€457,0003% below Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
  • +40% since 2021
  • Bodegraven-Reeuwijk +34%
Explanation

The WOZ value as struck on 1 January of the year before the KWB edition.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Modelled ownership costs

Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€340 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€340/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 131 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €457,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€161NL median
  • Property tax (OZB)€50€40
  • Water board levy€45–
  • Waste levy€34€27
  • Sewage levy€32€22
Costs to set aside€179
  • Maintenance reserve€167–
  • Buildings insurance€12–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 316th of 334 gemeenten, cheapest first.

cheapestdearest

Water board, maintenance and insurance are estimated from national rates and the home's value and size, so they aren't compared.

Explanation
  • The home: one typical home of 131 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €457,000.
  • Levies: Bodegraven-Reeuwijk's own OZB, sewage and waste rates for 2026. The water board levy uses national average rates.
  • Set aside: maintenance at 0.85% and buildings insurance at 0.06% a year of the rebuild cost (€1,800 per m²).
  • NL median: what the same home would pay in the middle gemeente. Gemeenten where a regional body collects the waste levy are left out.
  • Not included: mortgage and energy. These are estimates, not actual bills.

Source: Municipal levies + CBS 2026

Dwelling value ladder

Waarder Kern has the lowest WOZ value of the 3 buurten in Waarder.

Netherlands€398,000
Waarder€502,000
Waarder-West€722,000
Waarder-Oost€688,000
Waarder Kern€457,000
Explanation

Average WOZ value from the Netherlands down to this area, and its rank within its own group (e.g. buurten within the same wijk). Provincie is omitted: KWB publishes no province rows to average.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)

WOZ value and age structure

Here: €457,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Waarder Kern457,000532–
Waarder-West722,00066–
Waarder-Oost688,00050–
Explanation

Each circle is an area: position by average WOZ value, size by dwelling count. The 65-and-over share (pct_65_plus) travels on every point but is not yet drawn as a second axis.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)

Dwellings by ownership

The largest category is owner-occupied, at 73% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied73%
  • Social housing22%
  • Private rent5%
Explanation

CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Dwellings by type

88% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes88%
  • Multi-family homes12%
Explanation

CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Dwellings by build period

33% of dwellings were built between 1965 and 1974, against 21% in the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk.

  • Before 19452.5%
  • 1945-196410.2%
  • 1965-197432.8%
  • 1975-199118.5%
  • 1992-200512.8%
  • 2006-201518.1%
  • 2016 and later5.1%
Explanation

Based on 530 dwellings with a registered construction year in the BAG (verblijfsobjecten whose pand has no usable bouwjaar, such as 1005 or 9999, are excluded).

Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01

02 · Safety

Less registered crime per resident than the Bodegraven-Reeuwijk average.

In 2025, 20 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Waarder Kern, 43% lower than in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (35). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 18%, against a rise of 8% in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    20
    43% lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (35)
  • Change since 2021
    -18%
    lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (+8%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    4.4
    16% higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (3.8)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Waarder Kern registered 20 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 35 in the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk.

Waarder Kern20
The municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk35
Explanation

Crime is counted where it happens and divided by the number of residents, so places with many visitors — city centres, nightlife, stations — score higher.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Registered crime per year

In 2025, Waarder Kern registered 20 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 35 in the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
2043% below Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
  • -18% since 2021
  • Bodegraven-Reeuwijk +8%
Explanation

Registered crime, not all crime — CBS/Politie 47018NED. A year without a matching population figure (KWB) is left out.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Crime by category

The largest category in Waarder Kern is 'Theft and burglary': 7.9 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 16.9 in the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk.

Waarder KernBodegraven-Reeuwijk
  • Theft and burglary7.9
  • Fraud and scams5.8
  • Traffic5.0
  • Vandalism and public order0.7
  • Other and withheld0.7
  • Violence and threats0.0
  • Environmental0.0
Explanation

Four categories are structurally withheld at buurt level (sex offences, child pornography, child prostitution, other integrity offences); the gap with the published total is shown under 'other'.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Home burglary

Home burglary 2023-2025: 4.4 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 3.8 in the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk.

Waarder Kern4.39
The municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk3.75
Explanation

Averaged over 3 years (2023-2025) to dampen year-to-year noise at low counts.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2024, police in Waarder Kern registered 3 traffic accidents, of which 1 with injury and none fatal.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
FatalInjuryMaterial damage only
Explanation

Registered accidents (BRON, Rijkswaterstaat); material-damage-only accidents have not been systematically registered since roughly 2010 and are not comparable between areas. This area shows only accidents with an exactly known location (roughly 80-85% of all registered accidents); the rest is known only at street, intersection or gemeente level. The comparison with the gemeente therefore also uses only the gemeente's exactly-located accidents, which is why that figure is lower than on the gemeente's own page.

Source: BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024

03 · Living environment

Residents rate their health about average; green space is below the Bodegraven-Reeuwijk average.

An estimated 77% of adults in Waarder Kern rate their own health as good, about the same as in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk. Fewer adults meet the physical activity guideline (44% against 47%) and fewer feel lonely (40% against 42%), but more are overweight (53% against 51%) and more report anxiety or depression (44% against 43%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Waarder Kern, covering 49% of the area, against 8% in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 2% of the area, 7 percentage points below the 9% in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    77%
    about the same as Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (77%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    2%
    7 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (9%)
  • More figures
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    44%
    3 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (47%)
  • Overweight
    53%
    2 percentage points higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (51%)
  • Lonely
    40%
    2 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (42%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    44%
    1 percentage point higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (43%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    49%
    41 percentage points higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (8%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    41%
    25 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (66%)
  • Water, share of the area
    0%
    15 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (15%)

Health

An estimated 77% of adults rate their own health as good, against 77% in the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
Good self-rated health
76.7%
76.7%
Smokes
13.8%
14.2%
Excessive drinking
5%
5.1%
Overweight
53%
51.2%
Lonely
40.1%
41.5%
Anxiety or depression feelings
43.7%
43.3%
Meets physical activity guideline
43.5%
47.3%
Explanation

An RIVM model estimate (small-area estimation from the 2024 Health Monitor for Adults and Elderly), not a direct tabulation — even a buurt that was not itself surveyed gets an estimate. Figures cover adults aged 18 and over.

Source: RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024

Land use

2% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 9% in the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk.

  • Traffic5.9%
  • Built-up49%
  • Other built-up2%
  • Recreation2%
  • Agriculture41.2%
Explanation

Every share is calculated as a percentage of the TOTAL area (land and water together, peiljaar 2022); water is therefore one of the slices itself, not a separate whole. Green is the sum of recreational terrain (parks, sport fields, allotments, day recreation) and natural terrain (forest, open natural terrain) — agricultural land is not counted as green here.

Source: CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022

Distance to amenities

A primary school lies here at an average road distance of 300 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket400 m–
GP practice2,800 m–
Primary school300 m–
Daycare300 m–
Large supermarkets–1
GP practices–0
Daycares–2
Explanation

Average road distance from every address in this buurt to the nearest amenity, and the average count within 1 km — a buurt average, not a distance from one address.

Source: CBS proximity statistics 2025

04 · Residents

The population is growing slower than the Bodegraven-Reeuwijk average.

Waarder Kern has 1,365 inhabitants (2026), or 2,634 per km² (5.4 times as high as in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 4%, against a rise of 6% in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk was 85%, 7 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, VVD had the highest share there: 16% of the vote, against 14% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.

Key figures
  • Population growth since 2021
    +4%
    lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (+6%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
    85%
    7 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +2%
    lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (+4%)
  • Aged 25 to 45
    22%
    2 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (24%)
  • Married
    45%
    2 percentage points higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (43%)
  • Dutch origin
    89%
    7 percentage points higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (82%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    45%
    3 percentage points higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (42%)
  • VVD, share of the vote
    16%
    2 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)

Population per year

The population grew 4% between 2021 and 2026, to 1,365.

Residents, 2026
1,365
  • +4% since 2021
  • Bodegraven-Reeuwijk +6%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 2,634 residents per km², this buurt is 5.4 times as densely populated as the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk.

Residents per km²2,634
Dwellings per km²1,023.1

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 18.0 children were born per 1,000 residents; 10.8 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

22% of residents are between 25 and 45.

  • 0 to 15255
  • 15 to 25180
  • 25 to 45295
  • 45 to 65295
  • 65 to 80235
  • 80 and over100

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

45% of residents are married.

  • Never married595
  • Married610
  • Divorced75
  • Widowed85

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

89% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands1,215
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)60
  • Outside Europe95

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

45% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1270
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-4430
  • Higher professional, university250

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 85% of eligible voters in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk voted. The largest party was VVD with 16% of the valid votes.

Municipality of Bodegraven-ReeuwijkThe Netherlands
D66
13.7%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
14%
16.7%
VVD
16.5%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
7.3%
12.8%
CDA
15.7%
11.8%
JA21
6.7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
4.2%
4.5%
BBB
3.1%
2.6%
Other
18.8%
14.4%
Explanation

Official election result (Kiesraad), top 8 parties by national vote count plus 'Other'; share of valid votes. A voter may vote at any polling station in their own gemeente; there is therefore no reliable buurt- or wijk-level result. This figure is the whole gemeente's own result.

Source: Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025

05 · More figures

More figures

Waarder Kern has an average of 1.2 cars per household, about the same as in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (1.2). 20% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 3 percentage points less than in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (23%).

Key figures
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    24%
    7 percentage points higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (17%)
  • Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
    0%
    5 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (5%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    26%
    2 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (28%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.2
    about the same as Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (1.2)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    20%
    3 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (23%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +3 pp
    lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (+7 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    93%
    9 percentage points higher than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (84%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    1%
    4 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (5%)
  • Office, share of addresses
    1%
    2 percentage points lower than Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (3%)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    12%
    25 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Private rent
    5%
    9 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    88%
    25 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 45 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie40
Handel en horeca25
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie10
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed10
Zakelijke dienstverlening45
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg25
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten15

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

20% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 23% in the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (2025).

  • Petrol80%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)20%
Explanation

CBS splits passenger cars into 'petrol' and 'other fuel' only. That second category bundles diesel, LPG, electric (including hybrid), hydrogen, alcohol, LNG and CNG together — CBS publishes no separate electric-car count per buurt, wijk or gemeente, so this is not the same as an 'electric share'.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Share on other fuel per year

The share of passenger cars not running on petrol went from 17% to 20% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
20%3 percentage points below Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (23%)
  • +3 pp since 2021
  • Bodegraven-Reeuwijk +7 pp
Explanation

See the 'Passenger cars by fuel type' card for what 'other fuel' covers — this is not the share of electric cars.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Vehicles by kind

In 2025, 675 passenger cars and 75 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars675
Motorcycles75
Explanation

At this level CBS publishes only passenger cars and motorcycles, no vans or trucks.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Addresses by building use

93% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is assembly (2%).

  • Residential92.7%
  • Retail0.5%
  • Office0.9%
  • Assembly1.6%
  • Healthcare0.3%
  • Industrial0.5%
  • Education0.2%
  • Sports0.2%
  • Other4.4%
Explanation

Based on 572 verblijfsobjecten in use. An object with several registered uses (e.g. a flat above a shop) is counted under each of them, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.

Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01

Biggest difference from the Netherlands

2,634 residents per km²: 4.9 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²2,634
  • Multi-family dwellings12%
  • Private rent5%
  • Single-family dwellings88%
  • Owner-occupied dwellings73%
Explanation

The 5 characteristics that differ most from the national average, ranked by log ratio (so a halving and a doubling count as equally different); the shown percentage is the ordinary difference against the Netherlands.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

06 · Nearby areas

Other neighbourhoods in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk

Other neighbourhoods in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
Waarder-West205€722,00019
Waarder-Oost155€688,000–

Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026, Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01, CBS proximity statistics 2025, CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025, BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024, Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025, RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024, CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022, Municipal levies + CBS 2026. Figures describe the whole neighbourhood.

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Living in Waarder Kern (Bodegraven-Reeuwijk): WOZ, prices & safety