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Living in Centrum

The population is growing faster than in Dordrecht. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Dordrecht, and registered crime per resident is higher.

1,085 residents, 740 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Dordrecht average.

The average WOZ value in Centrum is €278,000, 16% lower than in Dordrecht (€331,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 44%, against a rise of 46% in Dordrecht. 30% of the homes are owner-occupied, 28 percentage points less than in Dordrecht (58%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €278,000
    16% lower than Dordrecht (€331,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +44%
    lower than Dordrecht (+46%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    30%
    28 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (58%)
  • Social housing
    10%
    18 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (28%)
  • Private rent
    60%
    46 percentage points higher than Dordrecht (14%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    22%
    33 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (55%)
  • Built 1945–1964
    4%
    11 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (15%)
  • Built 1992–2005
    6%
    7 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (13%)
  • Built 1975–1991
    21%
    3 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (24%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 44% between 2021 and 2025, to €278,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€278,00016% below Dordrecht
  • +44% since 2021
  • Dordrecht +46%
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: ~€236 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€236/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 88 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €278,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€116NL median
  • Water board levy€40–
  • Waste levy€30€27
  • Sewage levy€25€22
  • Property tax (OZB)€21€24
Costs to set aside€120
  • Maintenance reserve€112–
  • Buildings insurance€8–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Dordrecht's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 179th 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 88 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €278,000.
  • Levies: Dordrecht'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

Centrum has the 2nd-lowest WOZ value of the 15 buurten in Binnenstad.

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: €278,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Centrum278,000740–
Nieuwe Haven en omgeving484,000511–
Groenmarkt en omgeving381,000494–
Grote Markt en omgeving292,000384–
Wijnstraat en omgeving477,000261–
Kalkhaven414,000132–
Achterhakkers en omgeving381,000253–
Boogjes en omgeving263,000559–
Lombard en omgeving298,000348–
Augustijnenkamp en omgeving338,000208–
Geldelozepad en omgeving283,000379–
Rozenhof en omgeving321,000440–
Beverwijcksplein en omgeving339,000416–
Burgemeester de Raadtsingel en omgeving337,000317–
Kon. Wilhelminastraat en omgeving403,000325–
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 private rent, at 60% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied30%
  • Social housing10%
  • Private rent60%
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

78% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.

  • Single-family homes22%
  • Multi-family homes78%
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

51% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 22% in the municipality of Dordrecht.

  • Before 194551%
  • 1945-19644.3%
  • 1965-197413%
  • 1975-199121%
  • 1992-20055.6%
  • 2006-20155.1%
Explanation

Based on 747 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

More registered crime per resident than the Dordrecht average.

In 2025, 337 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Centrum, 6.5 times as high as in Dordrecht (52). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 51%, against a rise of 14% in Dordrecht. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    337
    6.5 times as high as Dordrecht (52)
  • Change since 2021
    +51%
    higher than Dordrecht (+14%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    0.5
    78% lower than Dordrecht (2.3)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Centrum registered 337 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 52 in the municipality of Dordrecht.

Centrum337
The municipality of Dordrecht52
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, Centrum registered 337 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 52 in the municipality of Dordrecht.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
3376.5 times as high as Dordrecht
  • +51% since 2021
  • Dordrecht +14%
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 Centrum is 'Theft and burglary': 220.9 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 20.5 in the municipality of Dordrecht.

CentrumDordrecht
  • Theft and burglary220.9
  • Violence and threats37.0
  • Vandalism and public order33.2
  • Traffic22.7
  • Other and withheld14.2
  • Fraud and scams9.5
  • 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: 0.5 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.3 in the municipality of Dordrecht.

Centrum0.45
The municipality of Dordrecht2.32
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 Centrum registered 8 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 above the Dordrecht average; green space is below the Dordrecht average.

An estimated 71% of adults in Centrum rate their own health as good, 2 percentage points more than in Dordrecht. Fewer adults are overweight (47% against 56%), but more smoke (23% against 19%), more report anxiety or depression (54% against 50%) and more drink excessively (8% against 5%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Centrum, covering 92% of the area, against 21% in Dordrecht.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    71%
    2 percentage points higher than Dordrecht (69%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    0%
    28 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (28%)
  • More figures
  • Overweight
    47%
    9 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (56%)
  • Smokes
    23%
    4 percentage points higher than Dordrecht (19%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    54%
    4 percentage points higher than Dordrecht (50%)
  • Excessive drinking
    8%
    3 percentage points higher than Dordrecht (5%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    92%
    71 percentage points higher than Dordrecht (21%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    0%
    22 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (22%)
  • Forest and nature, share of the area
    0%
    21 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (21%)

Health

An estimated 71% of adults rate their own health as good, against 69% in the municipality of Dordrecht (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Dordrecht
Good self-rated health
71.4%
69.1%
Smokes
23.2%
18.9%
Excessive drinking
8.4%
5.1%
Overweight
46.8%
56.3%
Lonely
53.4%
51.5%
Anxiety or depression feelings
53.8%
50.4%
Meets physical activity guideline
44.7%
42.9%
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

0% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 28% in the municipality of Dordrecht.

  • Built-up92.3%
  • Water7.7%
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 large supermarket lies here at an average road distance of 300 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket300 m–
GP practice500 m–
Primary school400 m–
Daycare300 m–
Large supermarkets–3.9
GP practices–3
Daycares–10.8
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 Dordrecht average.

Centrum has 1,085 inhabitants (2026), or 8,742 per km² (5.5 times as high as in Dordrecht). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 5%, against a rise of 3% in Dordrecht. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Dordrecht was 73%, 5 percentage points below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 18% 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%
    higher than Dordrecht (+3%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Dordrecht
    73%
    5 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +9%
    higher than Dordrecht (+3%)
  • Aged 25 to 45
    42%
    15 percentage points higher than Dordrecht (27%)
  • Never married
    62%
    13 percentage points higher than Dordrecht (49%)
  • Dutch origin
    63%
    2 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (65%)
  • Higher education (hbo, wo)
    40%
    12 percentage points higher than Dordrecht (28%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    18%
    1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population grew 5% between 2021 and 2026, to 1,085.

Residents, 2026
1,085
  • +5% since 2021
  • Dordrecht +3%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 8,742 residents per km², this buurt is 5.5 times as densely populated as the municipality of Dordrecht.

Residents per km²8,742
Dwellings per km²6,166.7

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 14.2 children were born per 1,000 residents; 4.7 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

42% of residents are between 25 and 45.

  • 0 to 1575
  • 15 to 2595
  • 25 to 45450
  • 45 to 65260
  • 65 to 80165
  • 80 and over35

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

62% of residents are never married.

  • Never married665
  • Married210
  • Divorced165
  • Widowed40

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

63% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands690
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)155
  • Outside Europe245

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

40% of residents have a higher professional (hbo) or university (wo) education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1250
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-4310
  • Higher professional, university370

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Dordrecht; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 73% of eligible voters in Dordrecht voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 18% of the valid votes.

Municipality of DordrechtThe Netherlands
D66
15.8%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
17.7%
16.7%
VVD
12.3%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
13%
12.8%
CDA
10.2%
11.8%
JA21
5.9%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
4.5%
4.5%
BBB
1.1%
2.6%
Other
19.6%
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

Centrum has an average of 0.6 cars per household, 45% lower than in Dordrecht (1.1). 18% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 7 percentage points less than in Dordrecht (25%).

Key figures
  • Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
    50%
    34 percentage points higher than Dordrecht (16%)
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    5%
    14 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (19%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    13%
    11 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (24%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    0.6
    45% lower than Dordrecht (1.1)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    18%
    7 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (25%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    0 pp
    lower than Dordrecht (+7 pp)
  • Retail, share of addresses
    24%
    22 percentage points higher than Dordrecht (2%)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    70%
    16 percentage points lower than Dordrecht (86%)
  • Assembly, share of addresses
    6%
    5 percentage points higher than Dordrecht (1%)
  • Private rent
    60%
    46 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    22%
    41 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
  • Social housing
    10%
    18 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (28%)

Business establishments by sector

Handel en horeca is the largest sector, with 205 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie20
Handel en horeca205
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie20
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed10
Zakelijke dienstverlening55
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg35
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten65

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

18% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 25% in the municipality of Dordrecht (2025).

  • Petrol81.8%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)18.2%
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 19% to 18% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
18%7 percentage points below Dordrecht (25%)
  • -1 pp since 2021
  • Dordrecht +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, 435 passenger cars and 30 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars435
Motorcycles30
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

70% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is retail (24%).

  • Residential70.1%
  • Retail23.8%
  • Office1.4%
  • Assembly6.1%
  • Industrial1.2%
  • Lodging0.2%
  • Education0.2%
  • Sports0.1%
  • Other1%
Explanation

Based on 1,065 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

8,742 residents per km²: 16 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²8,742
  • Private rent60%
  • Single-family dwellings22%
  • Social housing10%
  • Multi-family dwellings78%
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 Dordrecht

Other neighbourhoods in Dordrecht
Nieuwe Haven en omgeving825€484,00039
Wijnstraat en omgeving465€477,00035
Kalkhaven180€414,000–
Kon. Wilhelminastraat en omgeving1,030€403,00070
Achterhakkers en omgeving465€381,000141

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 Centrum (Dordrecht): WOZ, prices & safety