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Living in Grunobuurt

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

2,685 residents, 1,597 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 Grunobuurt is €285,000, 9% lower than in Groningen (€313,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 40%, against a rise of 39% in Groningen. 28% of the homes are owner-occupied, 13 percentage points less than in Groningen (41%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €285,000
    9% lower than Groningen (€313,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +40%
    about the same as Groningen (+39%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    28%
    13 percentage points lower than Groningen (41%)
  • Social housing
    46%
    15 percentage points higher than Groningen (31%)
  • Private rent
    26%
    2 percentage points lower than Groningen (28%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    2%
    37 percentage points lower than Groningen (39%)
  • Built 2016 and later
    28%
    18 percentage points higher than Groningen (10%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    1%
    12 percentage points lower than Groningen (13%)
  • Built before 1945
    22%
    6 percentage points lower than Groningen (28%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 40% between 2021 and 2025, to €285,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€285,0009% below Groningen
  • +40% 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: ~€218 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€218/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 76 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €285,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€115NL median
  • Water board levy€40–
  • Property tax (OZB)€39€25
  • Waste levy€22€27
  • Sewage levy€14€22
Costs to set aside€103
  • Maintenance reserve€96–
  • Buildings insurance€7–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Groningen's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 163rd 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 76 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €285,000.
  • 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

Grunobuurt has the 3rd-highest WOZ value of the 8 buurten in Oud-Zuid.

Netherlands€398,000
Groningen€313,000
Oud-Zuid€279,000
De Meeuwen€404,000
Herewegbuurt€330,000
Grunobuurt€285,000

Laanhuizen€273,000
Oosterpoort€273,000
Rivierenbuurt€272,000
Zeeheldenbuurt€246,000
Badstratenbuurt€239,000
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: €285,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Grunobuurt285,0001,597–
De Meeuwen404,000652–
Oosterpoort273,0002,966–
Herewegbuurt330,000856–
Rivierenbuurt272,0002,713–
Badstratenbuurt239,000578–
Zeeheldenbuurt246,0002,062–
Laanhuizen273,000686–
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 social housing, at 46% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied28%
  • Social housing46%
  • Private rent26%
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

98% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.

  • Single-family homes2%
  • Multi-family homes98%
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

36% of dwellings were built between 1945 and 1964, against 13% in the municipality of Groningen.

  • Before 194521.9%
  • 1945-196435.7%
  • 1965-19741.1%
  • 2006-201513.2%
  • 2016 and later28.1%
Explanation

Based on 1,627 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

About as much registered crime per resident as the Groningen average.

In 2025, 61 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Grunobuurt, about the same as in Groningen (61). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 29%, 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
    61
    about the same as Groningen (61)
  • Change since 2021
    +29%
    higher than Groningen (+24%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    1.7
    43% lower than Groningen (3.0)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Grunobuurt registered 61 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 61 in the municipality of Groningen.

Grunobuurt61
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, Grunobuurt registered 61 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 61 in the municipality of Groningen.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
61about the same as Groningen
  • +29% 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 Grunobuurt is 'Theft and burglary': 48.7 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 34.7 in the municipality of Groningen.

GrunobuurtGroningen
  • Theft and burglary48.7
  • Vandalism and public order4.1
  • Fraud and scams3.0
  • Violence and threats2.2
  • Traffic1.5
  • Other and withheld1.5
  • 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: 1.7 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 3.0 in the municipality of Groningen.

Grunobuurt1.67
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 Grunobuurt registered 6 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 about average; green space is below the Groningen average.

An estimated 75% of adults in Grunobuurt rate their own health as good, about the same as in Groningen. Fewer adults are overweight (36% against 41%), but more smoke (24% against 21%), more report anxiety or depression (53% against 50%) and more feel lonely (51% against 50%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Grunobuurt, covering 71% of the area, against 21% in Groningen.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    75%
    about the same as Groningen (75%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    0%
    14 percentage points lower than Groningen (14%)
  • More figures
  • Overweight
    36%
    5 percentage points lower than Groningen (41%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    53%
    3 percentage points higher than Groningen (50%)
  • Smokes
    24%
    3 percentage points higher than Groningen (21%)
  • Lonely
    51%
    1 percentage point higher than Groningen (50%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    0%
    52 percentage points lower than Groningen (52%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    71%
    50 percentage points higher than Groningen (21%)
  • Other built-up, share of the area
    17%
    14 percentage points higher than Groningen (3%)

Health

An estimated 75% 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
75.3%
74.7%
Smokes
23.8%
21.4%
Excessive drinking
7.9%
7.5%
Overweight
36.5%
41.2%
Lonely
50.9%
49.7%
Anxiety or depression feelings
52.9%
50.4%
Meets physical activity guideline
57.8%
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.

  • Traffic8.3%
  • Built-up70.8%
  • Other built-up16.7%
  • Water4.2%
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 300 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket400 m–
GP practice600 m–
Primary school300 m–
Daycare300 m–
Large supermarkets–2.4
GP practices–2.2
Daycares–6.2
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 faster than the Groningen average.

Grunobuurt has 2,685 inhabitants (2026), or 12,249 per km² (9.3 times as high as in Groningen). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 33%, 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
    +33%
    higher than Groningen (+5%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Groningen
    81%
    3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +39%
    higher than Groningen (+5%)
  • Aged 25 to 45
    45%
    14 percentage points higher than Groningen (31%)
  • Never married
    82%
    15 percentage points higher than Groningen (67%)
  • Dutch origin
    71%
    1 percentage point higher 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 33% between 2021 and 2026, to 2,685.

Residents, 2026
2,685
  • +33% since 2021
  • Groningen +5%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 12,249 residents per km², this buurt is 9.3 times as densely populated as the municipality of Groningen.

Residents per km²12,249
Dwellings per km²7,259.1

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 9.2 children were born per 1,000 residents; 1.8 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

45% of residents are between 25 and 45.

  • 0 to 15230
  • 15 to 25625
  • 25 to 451,210
  • 45 to 65395
  • 65 to 80175
  • 80 and over45

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

82% of residents are never married.

  • Never married2,185
  • Married280
  • Divorced175
  • Widowed40

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

71% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands1,900
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)300
  • Outside Europe485

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, mbo1250
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-4980
  • Higher professional, university1,090

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

Grunobuurt has an average of 0.4 cars per household, 43% lower than in Groningen (0.7). 17% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 12 percentage points less than in Groningen (29%).

Key figures
  • Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
    21%
    6 percentage points higher than Groningen (15%)
  • Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
    12%
    4 percentage points lower than Groningen (16%)
  • Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
    7%
    2 percentage points lower than Groningen (9%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    0.4
    43% lower than Groningen (0.7)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    17%
    12 percentage points lower than Groningen (29%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    −2 pp
    lower than Groningen (+5 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    93%
    4 percentage points higher than Groningen (89%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    0%
    2 percentage points lower than Groningen (2%)
  • Office, share of addresses
    1%
    about the same as Groningen (1%)
  • Residents per km²
    12,249
    23 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    98%
    61 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    28%
    29 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (57%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 75 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie25
Handel en horeca35
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie20
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed10
Zakelijke dienstverlening75
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg60
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten60

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

17% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 29% in the municipality of Groningen (2025).

  • Petrol82.9%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)17.1%
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 17% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
17%12 percentage points below Groningen (29%)
  • -2 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, 785 passenger cars and 70 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars785
Motorcycles70
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 (0.7%).

  • Residential92.8%
  • Retail0.7%
  • Office0.7%
  • Assembly0.3%
  • Industrial0.1%
  • Education0.2%
  • Sports0.1%
  • Other5.2%
Explanation

Based on 1,754 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% single-family dwellings, against 63% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Single-family dwellings2%
  • Residents per km²12,249
  • Multi-family dwellings98%
  • Owner-occupied dwellings28%
  • Private rent26%
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 Groningen

Other neighbourhoods in Groningen
De Meeuwen1,780€404,00027
Herewegbuurt1,590€330,00042
Laanhuizen1,300€273,00029
Oosterpoort4,985€273,00052
Rivierenbuurt4,625€272,00052

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 Grunobuurt (Groningen): WOZ, prices & safety