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Living in Kern Baarland

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Borsele. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Borsele, and registered crime per resident is lower.

420 residents, 202 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Borsele average.

The average WOZ value in Kern Baarland is €325,000, 4% lower than in Borsele (€338,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 44%, against a rise of 40% in Borsele. 84% of the homes are owner-occupied, 9 percentage points more than in Borsele (75%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €325,000
    4% lower than Borsele (€338,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +44%
    higher than Borsele (+40%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    84%
    9 percentage points higher than Borsele (75%)
  • Social housing
    13%
    7 percentage points lower than Borsele (20%)
  • Private rent
    2%
    3 percentage points lower than Borsele (5%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    100%
    8 percentage points higher than Borsele (92%)
  • Built 1975–1991
    13%
    12 percentage points lower than Borsele (25%)
  • Built 1945–1964
    21%
    10 percentage points higher than Borsele (11%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    6%
    6 percentage points lower than Borsele (12%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 44% between 2021 and 2025, to €325,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€325,0004% below Borsele
  • +44% since 2021
  • Borsele +40%
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: ~€328 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€328/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 155 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €325,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€117NL median
  • Water board levy€41–
  • Waste levy€30€27
  • Property tax (OZB)€29€29
  • Sewage levy€17€22
Costs to set aside€211
  • Maintenance reserve€197–
  • Buildings insurance€14–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Borsele's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 142nd 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 155 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €325,000.
  • Levies: Borsele'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

Kern Baarland has the lowest WOZ value of the 2 buurten in Baarland.

Netherlands€398,000
Borsele€338,000
Baarland€362,000
Kern Baarland€325,000
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: €325,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Kern Baarland325,000202–
Buitengebied Baarland488,00059–
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 84% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied84%
  • Social housing13%
  • Private rent2%
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

100% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes100%
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

44% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 24% in the municipality of Borsele.

  • Before 194543.6%
  • 1945-196420.8%
  • 1965-19745.9%
  • 1975-199113.4%
  • 1992-200512.9%
  • 2006-20153.5%
Explanation

Based on 202 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 Borsele average.

In 2025, 5 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Kern Baarland, 75% lower than in Borsele (20). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 65%, against a fall of 1% in Borsele. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    5
    75% lower than Borsele (20)
  • Change since 2021
    -65%
    lower than Borsele (-1%)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Kern Baarland registered 5 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 20 in the municipality of Borsele.

Kern Baarland5
The municipality of Borsele20
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, Kern Baarland registered 5 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 20 in the municipality of Borsele.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
4.776% below Borsele
  • -65% since 2021
  • Borsele -1%
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 Kern Baarland is 'Theft and burglary': 2.4 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 5.6 in the municipality of Borsele.

Kern BaarlandBorsele
  • Theft and burglary2.4
  • Vandalism and public order2.4
  • Violence and threats0.0
  • Fraud and scams0.0
  • Traffic0.0
  • Environmental0.0
  • Other and withheld0.0
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: 0.0 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.3 in the municipality of Borsele.

Kern Baarland0
The municipality of Borsele2.31
Explanation

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

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

03 · Living environment

Residents rate their health below the Borsele average; green space is below the Borsele average.

An estimated 71% of adults in Kern Baarland rate their own health as good, 3 percentage points less than in Borsele. More adults smoke (17% against 15%), more are overweight (54% against 53%) and more feel lonely (48% against 47%), but fewer meet the physical activity guideline (44% against 46%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Kern Baarland, covering 78% of the area, against 6% in Borsele.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    71%
    3 percentage points lower than Borsele (74%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    0%
    3 percentage points lower than Borsele (3%)
  • More figures
  • Smokes
    17%
    2 percentage points higher than Borsele (15%)
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    44%
    2 percentage points lower than Borsele (46%)
  • Overweight
    54%
    1 percentage point higher than Borsele (53%)
  • Lonely
    48%
    1 percentage point higher than Borsele (47%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    78%
    72 percentage points higher than Borsele (6%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    17%
    43 percentage points lower than Borsele (60%)
  • Water, share of the area
    0%
    27 percentage points lower than Borsele (27%)

Health

An estimated 71% of adults rate their own health as good, against 74% in the municipality of Borsele (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Borsele
Good self-rated health
70.7%
73.5%
Smokes
17%
14.7%
Excessive drinking
6.4%
5.9%
Overweight
54.5%
53.4%
Lonely
47.5%
46.7%
Anxiety or depression feelings
45.1%
44.7%
Meets physical activity guideline
44.1%
45.7%
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

0% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 3% in the municipality of Borsele.

  • Traffic5.6%
  • Built-up77.8%
  • Agriculture16.7%
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 2300 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket3,100 m–
GP practice6,100 m–
Primary school2,300 m–
Daycare2,300 m–
Large supermarkets–0
GP practices–0
Daycares–0
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 shrinking, while it grows in Borsele.

Kern Baarland has 420 inhabitants (2026), or 2,249 per km² (13.7 times as high as in Borsele). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 5%, against a rise of 2% in Borsele. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Borsele was 85%, 7 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 17% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.

Key figures
  • Population growth since 2021
    -5%
    lower than Borsele (+2%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Borsele
    85%
    7 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +0%
    lower than Borsele (+3%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    29%
    2 percentage points higher than Borsele (27%)
  • Married
    46%
    1 percentage point higher than Borsele (45%)
  • Dutch origin
    86%
    1 percentage point lower than Borsele (87%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    52%
    2 percentage points higher than Borsele (50%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    17%
    about the same as the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population shrank 5% between 2021 and 2026, to 420.

Residents, 2026
420
  • -5% since 2021
  • Borsele +2%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 2,249 residents per km², this buurt is 14 times as densely populated as the municipality of Borsele.

Residents per km²2,249
Dwellings per km²1,063.2

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 11.8 children were born per 1,000 residents; 11.8 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

29% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 1545
  • 15 to 2555
  • 25 to 4585
  • 45 to 65120
  • 65 to 8095
  • 80 and over20

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

46% of residents are married.

  • Never married170
  • Married195
  • Divorced35
  • Widowed20

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

86% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands365
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)40
  • Outside Europe20

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

52% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1100
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-4170
  • Higher professional, university60

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Borsele; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 85% of eligible voters in Borsele voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 17% of the valid votes.

Municipality of BorseleThe Netherlands
D66
9.2%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
16.6%
16.7%
VVD
12.7%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
6.7%
12.8%
CDA
14%
11.8%
JA21
6.9%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
5.5%
4.5%
BBB
4.2%
2.6%
Other
24.1%
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

Kern Baarland has an average of 1.4 cars per household, about the same as in Borsele (1.4). 15% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 7 percentage points less than in Borsele (22%).

Key figures
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    33%
    14 percentage points higher than Borsele (19%)
  • Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
    0%
    9 percentage points lower than Borsele (9%)
  • Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
    0%
    5 percentage points lower than Borsele (5%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.4
    about the same as Borsele (1.4)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    15%
    7 percentage points lower than Borsele (22%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +2 pp
    lower than Borsele (+4 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    95%
    11 percentage points higher than Borsele (84%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    0%
    6 percentage points lower than Borsele (6%)
  • Retail, share of addresses
    0%
    2 percentage points lower than Borsele (2%)
  • Residents per km²
    2,249
    4.2 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
  • Social housing
    13%
    15 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (28%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    100%
    37 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)

Business establishments by sector

Nijverheid en energie is the largest sector, with 15 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij5
Nijverheid en energie15
Handel en horeca5
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie5
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening10
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg5
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten0

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

15% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 22% in the municipality of Borsele (2025).

  • Petrol85.2%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)14.8%
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 13% to 15% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
15%7 percentage points below Borsele (22%)
  • +2 pp since 2021
  • Borsele +4 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, 270 passenger cars and 25 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars270
Motorcycles25
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

95% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is assembly (2%).

  • Residential95.3%
  • Retail0.5%
  • Office0.5%
  • Assembly2.4%
  • Industrial0.5%
  • Other1.9%
Explanation

Based on 212 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% private rent, against 14% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Private rent2%
  • Residents per km²2,249
  • Social housing13%
  • Single-family dwellings100%
  • Owner-occupied dwellings84%
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) 2025

06 · Nearby areas

Other neighbourhoods in Borsele

Other neighbourhoods in Borsele
Buitengebied Baarland165€488,000

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, 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.

How we calculate
Living in Kern Baarland (Borsele): WOZ, prices & safety