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Living in Limmen West

The population is growing faster than in Castricum. Homes cost more than the average in the municipality of Castricum, and registered crime per resident is lower.

3,150 residents, 1,344 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost more than the Castricum average.

The average WOZ value in Limmen West is €599,000, 18% higher than in Castricum (€508,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 43%, against a rise of 37% in Castricum. 84% of the homes are owner-occupied, 9 percentage points more than in Castricum (75%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €599,000
    18% higher than Castricum (€508,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +43%
    higher than Castricum (+37%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    84%
    9 percentage points higher than Castricum (75%)
  • Social housing
    6%
    10 percentage points lower than Castricum (16%)
  • Private rent
    9%
    about the same as Castricum (9%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    83%
    7 percentage points higher than Castricum (76%)
  • Built 2016 and later
    28%
    19 percentage points higher than Castricum (9%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    5%
    17 percentage points lower than Castricum (22%)
  • Built 1945–1964
    4%
    11 percentage points lower than Castricum (15%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 43% between 2021 and 2025, to €599,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€599,00018% above Castricum
  • +43% since 2021
  • Castricum +37%
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: ~€335 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€335/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 145 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €599,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€136NL median
  • Water board levy€49–
  • Property tax (OZB)€42€53
  • Waste levy€24€27
  • Sewage levy€21€22
Costs to set aside€199
  • Maintenance reserve€186–
  • Buildings insurance€13–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Castricum's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 40th 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 145 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €599,000.
  • Levies: Castricum'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

Limmen West has the highest WOZ value of the 3 buurten in Limmen.

Netherlands€398,000
Castricum€508,000
Limmen€553,000
Limmen West€599,000

Limmen Centrum€523,000
Limmen Oost€523,000
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: €599,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Limmen West599,0001,344–
Limmen Centrum523,0001,066–
Limmen Oost523,000992–
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 housing6%
  • Private rent9%
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

83% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes83%
  • Multi-family homes17%
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 1975 and 1991, against 22% in the municipality of Castricum.

  • Before 194510.4%
  • 1945-19644.5%
  • 1965-19744.9%
  • 1975-199132.8%
  • 1992-20059.5%
  • 2006-20159.9%
  • 2016 and later28%
Explanation

Based on 1,379 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 Castricum average.

In 2025, 10 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Limmen West, 64% lower than in Castricum (28). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 43%, against a rise of 8% in Castricum. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    10
    64% lower than Castricum (28)
  • Change since 2021
    -43%
    lower than Castricum (+8%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    2.2
    12% lower than Castricum (2.5)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Limmen West registered 10 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 28 in the municipality of Castricum.

Limmen West10
The municipality of Castricum28
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, Limmen West registered 10 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 28 in the municipality of Castricum.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
1064% below Castricum
  • -43% since 2021
  • Castricum +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 Limmen West is 'Theft and burglary': 4.9 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 14.1 in the municipality of Castricum.

Limmen WestCastricum
  • Theft and burglary4.9
  • Fraud and scams2.9
  • Traffic1.3
  • Violence and threats0.6
  • Other and withheld0.3
  • Vandalism and public order0.0
  • 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: 2.2 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.5 in the municipality of Castricum.

Limmen West2.23
The municipality of Castricum2.48
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 Limmen West registered 5 traffic accidents, of which 3 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 above the Castricum average; green space is below the Castricum average.

An estimated 80% of adults in Limmen West rate their own health as good, 3 percentage points more than in Castricum. Fewer adults feel lonely (37% against 40%), fewer report anxiety or depression (39% against 42%), fewer smoke (10% against 12%) and fewer are overweight (44% against 46%). Agricultural land is the largest land use in Limmen West, covering 61% of the area, against 36% in Castricum. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 6% of the area, 25 percentage points below the 31% in Castricum.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    80%
    3 percentage points higher than Castricum (77%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    6%
    25 percentage points lower than Castricum (31%)
  • More figures
  • Lonely
    37%
    3 percentage points lower than Castricum (40%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    39%
    3 percentage points lower than Castricum (42%)
  • Overweight
    44%
    2 percentage points lower than Castricum (46%)
  • Smokes
    10%
    2 percentage points lower than Castricum (12%)
  • Forest and nature, share of the area
    0%
    27 percentage points lower than Castricum (27%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    61%
    25 percentage points higher than Castricum (36%)
  • Water, share of the area
    0%
    18 percentage points lower than Castricum (18%)

Health

An estimated 80% of adults rate their own health as good, against 77% in the municipality of Castricum (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Castricum
Good self-rated health
79.8%
77.1%
Smokes
10.4%
11.6%
Excessive drinking
6.4%
6.4%
Overweight
44.5%
45.7%
Lonely
37.4%
40.5%
Anxiety or depression feelings
38.7%
41.7%
Meets physical activity guideline
56.9%
55.9%
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

6% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 31% in the municipality of Castricum.

  • Traffic3.2%
  • Built-up28.7%
  • Other built-up1.1%
  • Recreation5.7%
  • Agriculture61.3%
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 700 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket800 m–
GP practice1,300 m–
Primary school700 m–
Daycare700 m–
Large supermarkets–1
GP practices–0.2
Daycares–1.5
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 faster than the Castricum average.

Limmen West has 3,150 inhabitants (2026), or 1,131 per km² (51% higher than in Castricum). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 7%, against a rise of 3% in Castricum. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Castricum was 87%, 9 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 had the highest share there: 21% 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
    +7%
    higher than Castricum (+3%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Castricum
    87%
    9 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +10%
    higher than Castricum (+3%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    27%
    about the same as Castricum (27%)
  • Married
    45%
    4 percentage points higher than Castricum (41%)
  • Dutch origin
    90%
    4 percentage points higher than Castricum (86%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    44%
    2 percentage points higher than Castricum (42%)
  • D66, share of the vote
    21%
    4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population grew 7% between 2021 and 2026, to 3,150.

Residents, 2026
3,150
  • +7% since 2021
  • Castricum +3%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 1,131 residents per km², this buurt is 51% more densely populated than the municipality of Castricum.

Residents per km²1,131
Dwellings per km²483.5

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 8.1 children were born per 1,000 residents; 4.9 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

27% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 15500
  • 15 to 25315
  • 25 to 45645
  • 45 to 65840
  • 65 to 80700
  • 80 and over150

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

45% of residents are married.

  • Never married1,385
  • Married1,420
  • Divorced205
  • Widowed145

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

90% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands2,825
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)145
  • Outside Europe175

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

44% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1460
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-41,020
  • Higher professional, university840

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Castricum; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 87% of eligible voters in Castricum voted. The largest party was D66 with 21% of the valid votes.

Municipality of CastricumThe Netherlands
D66
21.5%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
10%
16.7%
VVD
18.2%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
16.2%
12.8%
CDA
11.7%
11.8%
JA21
6.7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
4.9%
4.5%
BBB
2.4%
2.6%
Other
8.5%
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

Limmen West has an average of 1.3 cars per household, 18% higher than in Castricum (1.1). 28% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 5 percentage points more than in Castricum (23%).

Key figures
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    14%
    5 percentage points lower than Castricum (19%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    31%
    4 percentage points higher than Castricum (27%)
  • Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
    9%
    3 percentage points higher than Castricum (6%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.3
    18% higher than Castricum (1.1)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    28%
    5 percentage points higher than Castricum (23%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +12 pp
    higher than Castricum (+8 pp)
  • Lodging, share of addresses
    7%
    6 percentage points higher than Castricum (1%)
  • Healthcare, share of addresses
    0%
    1 percentage point lower than Castricum (1%)
  • Assembly, share of addresses
    0%
    1 percentage point lower than Castricum (1%)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    17%
    20 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Residents per km²
    1,131
    2.1 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
  • Private rent
    9%
    5 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 160 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij10
Nijverheid en energie80
Handel en horeca65
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie30
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed45
Zakelijke dienstverlening160
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg70
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten55

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

28% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 23% in the municipality of Castricum (2025).

  • Petrol72%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)28%
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 16% to 28% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
28%5 percentage points above Castricum (23%)
  • +12 pp since 2021
  • Castricum +8 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, 1,785 passenger cars and 215 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars1,785
Motorcycles215
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

87% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is lodging (7%).

  • Residential87.1%
  • Retail1.5%
  • Office0.8%
  • Assembly0.1%
  • Healthcare0.3%
  • Industrial2.2%
  • Lodging7.4%
  • Education0.1%
  • Sports0.3%
  • Other1.5%
Explanation

Based on 1,584 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

6% social housing, against 28% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Social housing6%
  • Multi-family dwellings17%
  • Residents per km²1,131
  • Private rent9%
  • Average WOZ value€599,000
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 Castricum

Other neighbourhoods in Castricum
Limmen Oost2,130€523,00027
Limmen Centrum2,505€523,00018

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.

How we calculate
Living in Limmen West (Castricum): WOZ, prices & safety