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Living in Binnenstad-Oost

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

4,315 residents, 2,771 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Groningen average.

The average WOZ value in Binnenstad-Oost is €253,000, 19% lower than in Groningen (€313,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 32%, against a rise of 39% in Groningen. 12% of the homes are owner-occupied, 29 percentage points less than in Groningen (41%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €253,000
    19% lower than Groningen (€313,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +32%
    lower than Groningen (+39%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    12%
    29 percentage points lower than Groningen (41%)
  • Social housing
    31%
    about the same as Groningen (31%)
  • Private rent
    57%
    29 percentage points higher than Groningen (28%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    13%
    26 percentage points lower than Groningen (39%)
  • Built 1945–1964
    1%
    12 percentage points lower than Groningen (13%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    1%
    12 percentage points lower than Groningen (13%)
  • Built 1992–2005
    6%
    4 percentage points lower than Groningen (10%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 32% between 2021 and 2025, to €253,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€253,00019% below Groningen
  • +32% since 2021
  • Groningen +39%
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: ~€197 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€197/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 64 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €253,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€109NL median
  • Water board levy€39–
  • Property tax (OZB)€34€22
  • Waste levy€22€27
  • Sewage levy€14€22
Costs to set aside€88
  • Maintenance reserve€82–
  • Buildings insurance€6–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Groningen'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 64 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €253,000.
  • Levies: Groningen'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

Binnenstad-Oost has the 2nd-lowest WOZ value of the 7 buurten in Centrum.

Netherlands€398,000
Groningen€313,000
Centrum€282,000
Stationsgebied€553,000
Binnenstad-West€286,000
Binnenstad-Zuid€275,000
Binnenstad-Oost€253,000
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: €253,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Binnenstad-Oost253,0002,771–
Binnenstad-Noord298,0002,576–
Binnenstad-Zuid275,0004,090–
Binnenstad-West286,0001,069–
Noorderplantsoen166,0000–
Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier291,0003,391–
Stationsgebied553,00092–
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 57% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied12%
  • Social housing31%
  • Private rent57%
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

87% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.

  • Single-family homes13%
  • Multi-family homes87%
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

54% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 28% in the municipality of Groningen.

  • Before 194554.2%
  • 1945-19640.8%
  • 1965-19740.6%
  • 1975-199118.8%
  • 1992-20055.9%
  • 2006-20158.5%
  • 2016 and later11.2%
Explanation

Based on 2,797 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 Groningen average.

In 2025, 77 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Binnenstad-Oost, 26% higher than in Groningen (61). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 54%, against a rise of 24% in Groningen. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    77
    26% higher than Groningen (61)
  • Change since 2021
    +54%
    higher than Groningen (+24%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    4.3
    43% higher than Groningen (3.0)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Binnenstad-Oost registered 77 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 61 in the municipality of Groningen.

Binnenstad-Oost77
The municipality of Groningen61
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, Binnenstad-Oost registered 77 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 61 in the municipality of Groningen.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
7726% above Groningen
  • +54% since 2021
  • Groningen +24%
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 Binnenstad-Oost is 'Theft and burglary': 43.0 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 34.7 in the municipality of Groningen.

Binnenstad-OostGroningen
  • Theft and burglary43.0
  • Traffic12.4
  • Violence and threats7.8
  • Vandalism and public order7.3
  • Fraud and scams3.2
  • Other and withheld3.2
  • Environmental0.5
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: 4.3 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 3.0 in the municipality of Groningen.

Binnenstad-Oost4.33
The municipality of Groningen3.03
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 Binnenstad-Oost registered 25 traffic accidents, of which 13 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 Groningen average; green space is below the Groningen average.

An estimated 78% of adults in Binnenstad-Oost rate their own health as good, 3 percentage points more than in Groningen. Fewer adults are overweight (28% against 41%), but more smoke (28% against 21%), more report anxiety or depression (57% against 50%) and more meet the physical activity guideline (64% against 57%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Binnenstad-Oost, covering 86% of the area, against 21% in Groningen.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    78%
    3 percentage points higher than Groningen (75%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    0%
    14 percentage points lower than Groningen (14%)
  • More figures
  • Overweight
    28%
    13 percentage points lower than Groningen (41%)
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    64%
    7 percentage points higher than Groningen (57%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    57%
    7 percentage points higher than Groningen (50%)
  • Smokes
    28%
    7 percentage points higher than Groningen (21%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    86%
    65 percentage points higher than Groningen (21%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    0%
    52 percentage points lower than Groningen (52%)
  • Forest and nature, share of the area
    0%
    8 percentage points lower than Groningen (8%)

Health

An estimated 78% of adults rate their own health as good, against 75% in the municipality of Groningen (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Groningen
Good self-rated health
78.2%
74.7%
Smokes
27.9%
21.4%
Excessive drinking
13.1%
7.5%
Overweight
27.7%
41.2%
Lonely
51.5%
49.7%
Anxiety or depression feelings
57.2%
50.4%
Meets physical activity guideline
64.3%
57.3%
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

0% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 14% in the municipality of Groningen.

  • Traffic6.9%
  • Built-up86.2%
  • Water6.9%
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 daycare lies here at an average road distance of 400 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket500 m–
GP practice500 m–
Primary school800 m–
Daycare400 m–
Large supermarkets–6.5
GP practices–5.4
Daycares–5.2
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 Groningen average.

Binnenstad-Oost has 4,315 inhabitants (2026), or 16,090 per km² (12.2 times as high as in Groningen). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 3%, against a rise of 5% in Groningen. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Groningen was 81%, 3 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 had the highest share there: 24% 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
    +3%
    lower than Groningen (+5%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Groningen
    81%
    3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +5%
    about the same as Groningen (+5%)
  • Aged 25 to 45
    40%
    9 percentage points higher than Groningen (31%)
  • Never married
    86%
    19 percentage points higher than Groningen (67%)
  • Dutch origin
    61%
    9 percentage points lower than Groningen (70%)
  • Higher education (hbo, wo)
    47%
    2 percentage points higher than Groningen (45%)
  • D66, share of the vote
    24%
    7 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population grew 3% between 2021 and 2026, to 4,315.

Residents, 2026
4,315
  • +3% since 2021
  • Groningen +5%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 16,090 residents per km², this buurt is 12 times as densely populated as the municipality of Groningen.

Residents per km²16,090
Dwellings per km²10,263

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 2.3 children were born per 1,000 residents; 3.4 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

40% of residents are between 25 and 45.

  • 0 to 15115
  • 15 to 251,620
  • 25 to 451,735
  • 45 to 65465
  • 65 to 80315
  • 80 and over70

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

86% of residents are never married.

  • Never married3,725
  • Married335
  • Divorced205
  • Widowed60

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

61% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands2,640
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)715
  • Outside Europe960

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

47% of residents have a higher professional (hbo) or university (wo) education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1340
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-41,850
  • Higher professional, university1,940

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Groningen; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 81% of eligible voters in Groningen voted. The largest party was D66 with 24% of the valid votes.

Municipality of GroningenThe Netherlands
D66
24.4%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
8.4%
16.7%
VVD
10.3%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
24%
12.8%
CDA
8.6%
11.8%
JA21
3.5%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
3%
4.5%
BBB
1.2%
2.6%
Other
16.6%
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

Binnenstad-Oost has an average of 0.2 cars per household, 71% lower than in Groningen (0.7). 22% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 7 percentage points less than in Groningen (29%).

Key figures
  • Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
    20%
    5 percentage points higher than Groningen (15%)
  • Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
    20%
    4 percentage points higher than Groningen (16%)
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    6%
    3 percentage points lower than Groningen (9%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    0.2
    71% lower than Groningen (0.7)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    22%
    7 percentage points lower than Groningen (29%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    0 pp
    lower than Groningen (+5 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    93%
    4 percentage points higher than Groningen (89%)
  • Retail, share of addresses
    3%
    2 percentage points higher than Groningen (1%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    1%
    1 percentage point lower than Groningen (2%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    13%
    50 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    12%
    45 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (57%)
  • Private rent
    57%
    43 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 170 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie40
Handel en horeca140
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie65
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed15
Zakelijke dienstverlening170
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg120
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten135

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

22% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 29% in the municipality of Groningen (2025).

  • Petrol78.3%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)21.7%
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 22% to 22% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
22%7 percentage points below Groningen (29%)
  • +0 pp since 2021
  • Groningen +5 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, 755 passenger cars and 60 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars755
Motorcycles60
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 retail (3%).

  • Residential93%
  • Retail2.9%
  • Office1.6%
  • Assembly1.2%
  • Healthcare0.1%
  • Industrial0.8%
  • Lodging0.3%
  • Education0.2%
  • Sports0.1%
  • Other0.4%
Explanation

Based on 3,009 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

16,090 residents per km²: 30 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²16,090
  • Single-family dwellings13%
  • Owner-occupied dwellings12%
  • Private rent57%
  • Multi-family dwellings87%
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 Groningen

Other neighbourhoods in Groningen
Stationsgebied530€553,000828
Binnenstad-Noord4,680€298,000322
Hortusbuurt-Ebbingekwartier6,300€291,00067
Binnenstad-West1,740€286,000187
Binnenstad-Zuid7,065€275,000251

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 Binnenstad-Oost (Groningen): WOZ, prices & safety