The population is growing about as fast as in Gorinchem. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Gorinchem, and registered crime per resident is higher.
The average WOZ value in Benedenstad is €329,000, 11% lower than in Gorinchem (€370,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 48%, against a rise of 52% in Gorinchem. 41% of the homes are owner-occupied, 9 percentage points less than in Gorinchem (50%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€329,000
▼11% lower than Gorinchem (€370,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+48%
▼lower than Gorinchem (+52%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
41%
▼9 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (50%)
Social housing
21%
▼16 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (37%)
Private rent
37%
▲24 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (13%)
Single-family dwellings
23%
▼34 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (57%)
Built 1945–1964
5%
▼12 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (17%)
Built 1965–1974
3%
▼11 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (14%)
Built 2016 and later
1%
▼9 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (10%)
Average WOZ value
€329,000
▼11% lower than Gorinchem (€370,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+48%
▼lower than Gorinchem (+52%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
41%
▼9 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (50%)
Social housing
21%
▼16 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (37%)
Private rent
37%
▲24 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (13%)
Single-family dwellings
23%
▼34 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (57%)
Built 1945–1964
5%
▼12 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (17%)
Built 1965–1974
3%
▼11 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (14%)
Built 2016 and later
1%
▼9 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (10%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 48% between 2021 and 2025, to €329,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€329,000▼ 11% below Gorinchem
+48% since 2021
Gorinchem +52%
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: ~€242 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€242/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
93 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €329,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€116NL median
Water board levy€41–
Waste levy€32€27
Property tax (OZB)€24€29
Sewage levy€19€22
Costs to set aside€126
Maintenance reserve€118–
Buildings insurance€8–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Gorinchem's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 118th 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 93 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €329,000.
Levies: Gorinchem'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
Benedenstad has the lowest WOZ value of the 2 buurten in Gorinchem binnenstad.
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: €329,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Benedenstad
329,000
2,536
–
Bovenstad
370,000
1,225
–
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 41% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied41%
Social housing21%
Private rent37%
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
77% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.
Single-family homes23%
Multi-family homes77%
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
43% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 13% in the municipality of Gorinchem.
Before 194543%
1945-19645.3%
1965-19742.7%
1975-199126.6%
1992-200513.5%
2006-20157.7%
2016 and later1.3%
Explanation
Based on 2,568 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 Gorinchem average.
In 2025, 74 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Benedenstad, 72% higher than in Gorinchem (43). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 9%, against a rise of 6% in Gorinchem. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
74
▲72% higher than Gorinchem (43)
Change since 2021
+9%
▲higher than Gorinchem (+6%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
1.4
▼36% lower than Gorinchem (2.2)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
74
▲72% higher than Gorinchem (43)
Change since 2021
+9%
▲higher than Gorinchem (+6%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
1.4
▼36% lower than Gorinchem (2.2)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Benedenstad registered 74 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 43 in the municipality of Gorinchem.
Benedenstad74
The municipality of Gorinchem43
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.
The largest category in Benedenstad is 'Theft and burglary': 27.2 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 16.4 in the municipality of Gorinchem.
BenedenstadGorinchem
Theft and burglary27.2
Gorinchem 16.4▲ +66% vs Gorinchem
Violence and threats14.2
Gorinchem 5.5▲ +158% vs Gorinchem
Traffic12.5
Gorinchem 9.0▲ +39% vs Gorinchem
Vandalism and public order9.9
Gorinchem 4.4▲ +125% vs Gorinchem
Fraud and scams6.6
Gorinchem 5.6▲ +18% vs Gorinchem
Other and withheld4.1
Gorinchem 2.0▲ +105% vs Gorinchem
Environmental0.0
Gorinchem 0.1≈ Gorinchem
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'.
In 2024, police in Benedenstad registered 21 traffic accidents, of which 4 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 Gorinchem average; green space is above the Gorinchem average.
An estimated 71% of adults in Benedenstad rate their own health as good, 1 percentage point more than in Gorinchem. More adults smoke (23% against 18%), more report anxiety or depression (51% against 49%) and more drink excessively (6% against 5%), but fewer are overweight (52% against 56%). Water is the largest land use in Benedenstad, covering 44% of the area, against 15% in Gorinchem. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 23% of the area, 14 percentage points above the 9% in Gorinchem.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
71%
▲1 percentage point higher than Gorinchem (70%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
23%
▲14 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (9%)
More figures
Smokes
23%
▲5 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (18%)
Overweight
52%
▼4 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (56%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
51%
▲2 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (49%)
Excessive drinking
6%
▲1 percentage point higher than Gorinchem (5%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼31 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (31%)
Water, share of the area
44%
▲29 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (15%)
Recreation, share of the area
23%
▲16 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (7%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
71%
▲1 percentage point higher than Gorinchem (70%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
23%
▲14 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (9%)
More figures
Smokes
23%
▲5 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (18%)
Overweight
52%
▼4 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (56%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
51%
▲2 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (49%)
Excessive drinking
6%
▲1 percentage point higher than Gorinchem (5%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼31 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (31%)
Water, share of the area
44%
▲29 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (15%)
Recreation, share of the area
23%
▲16 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (7%)
Health
An estimated 71% of adults rate their own health as good, against 70% in the municipality of Gorinchem (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Gorinchem
Good self-rated health
71.2%
70.4%
Smokes
22.6%
18.4%
Excessive drinking
6.5%
4.9%
Overweight
52%
55.5%
Lonely
48.4%
48.3%
Anxiety or depression feelings
51.3%
49.1%
Meets physical activity guideline
42.8%
42.4%
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
23% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 9% in the municipality of Gorinchem.
Traffic2%
Built-up30.3%
Recreation23.2%
Water44.4%
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 400 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
400 m
–
GP practice
800 m
–
Primary school
600 m
–
Daycare
500 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
2
GP practices
–
1.4
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 about as fast as the Gorinchem average.
Benedenstad has 3,910 inhabitants (2026), or 7,211 per km² (3.5 times as high as in Gorinchem). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 5%, against a rise of 4% in Gorinchem. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Gorinchem was 77%, 1 percentage point below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 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%
=about the same as Gorinchem (+4%)
Turnout, municipality of Gorinchem
77%
▼1 percentage point lower than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+8%
▲higher than Gorinchem (+5%)
Aged 25 to 45
33%
▲7 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (26%)
Never married
54%
▲6 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (48%)
Dutch origin
70%
=about the same as Gorinchem (70%)
Higher education (hbo, wo)
40%
▲10 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (30%)
D66, share of the vote
17%
=about the same as the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
+5%
=about the same as Gorinchem (+4%)
Turnout, municipality of Gorinchem
77%
▼1 percentage point lower than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+8%
▲higher than Gorinchem (+5%)
Aged 25 to 45
33%
▲7 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (26%)
Never married
54%
▲6 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (48%)
Dutch origin
70%
=about the same as Gorinchem (70%)
Higher education (hbo, wo)
40%
▲10 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (30%)
D66, share of the vote
17%
=about the same as the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population grew 5% between 2021 and 2026, to 3,910.
Residents, 2026
3,910
+5% since 2021
Gorinchem +4%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 7,211 residents per km², this buurt is 3.5 times as densely populated as the municipality of Gorinchem.
Residents per km²7,211
Dwellings per km²4,696.3
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 6.4 children were born per 1,000 residents; 14.0 died per 1,000.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
33% of residents are between 25 and 45.
0 to 15300
15 to 25400
25 to 451,280
45 to 651,110
65 to 80615
80 and over210
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
54% of residents are never married.
Never married2,110
Married1,110
Divorced520
Widowed180
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
70% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands2,750
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)540
Outside Europe625
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, mbo1640
Havo, vwo, mbo2-41,270
Higher professional, university1,300
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Gorinchem; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 77% of eligible voters in Gorinchem voted. The largest party was D66 with 17% of the valid votes.
Municipality of GorinchemThe Netherlands
D66
16.6%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
16%
16.7%
VVD
14.9%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
11.3%
12.8%
CDA
11.2%
11.8%
JA21
6.5%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
4.5%
4.5%
BBB
1.4%
2.6%
Other
17.7%
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
Benedenstad has an average of 0.8 cars per household, 27% lower than in Gorinchem (1.1). 21% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 3 percentage points less than in Gorinchem (24%).
Key figures
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
24%
▲7 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (17%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
13%
▼5 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (18%)
Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
13%
▲3 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (10%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.8
▼27% lower than Gorinchem (1.1)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
21%
▼3 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (24%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+3 pp
=about the same as Gorinchem (+4 pp)
Retail, share of addresses
9%
▲7 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (2%)
Residential, share of addresses
85%
▼3 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (88%)
Assembly, share of addresses
3%
▲2 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (1%)
Single-family dwellings
23%
▼40 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Private rent
37%
▲23 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Multi-family dwellings
77%
▲40 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
24%
▲7 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (17%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
13%
▼5 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (18%)
Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
13%
▲3 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (10%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.8
▼27% lower than Gorinchem (1.1)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
21%
▼3 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (24%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+3 pp
=about the same as Gorinchem (+4 pp)
Retail, share of addresses
9%
▲7 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (2%)
Residential, share of addresses
85%
▼3 percentage points lower than Gorinchem (88%)
Assembly, share of addresses
3%
▲2 percentage points higher than Gorinchem (1%)
Single-family dwellings
23%
▼40 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Private rent
37%
▲23 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Multi-family dwellings
77%
▲40 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
Business establishments by sector
Handel en horeca is the largest sector, with 230 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie130
Handel en horeca230
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie55
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed60
Zakelijke dienstverlening230
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg125
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten125
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
21% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 24% in the municipality of Gorinchem (2025).
Petrol79.2%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)20.8%
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 17% to 21% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
21%▼ 3 percentage points below Gorinchem (24%)
+4 pp since 2021
Gorinchem +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, 1,810 passenger cars and 115 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars1,810
Motorcycles115
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
85% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is retail (9%).
Residential84.8%
Retail8.8%
Office2.4%
Assembly2.7%
Healthcare3.6%
Industrial1.3%
Lodging0.3%
Education0.1%
Sports0.1%
Other2.3%
Explanation
Based on 3,030 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
7,211 residents per km²: 13 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.
This areaThe Netherlands
Residents per km²7,211
NL 539▲ +1238% vs NL
Single-family dwellings23%
NL 63%▼ −63% vs NL
Private rent37%
NL 14%▲ +164% vs NL
Multi-family dwellings77%
NL 37%▲ +108% vs NL
Owner-occupied dwellings41%
NL 57%▼ −28% vs NL
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