The population is shrinking, while it grows in Groningen. Homes cost more than the average in the municipality of Groningen, and registered crime per resident is lower.
The average WOZ value in Hoogkerk e.o. is €358,000, 14% higher than in Groningen (€313,000). Between 2014 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 83%, against a rise of 99% in Groningen. 68% of the homes are owner-occupied, 27 percentage points more than in Groningen (41%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€358,000
▲14% higher than Groningen (€313,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2014
+83%
▼lower than Groningen (+99%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
68%
▲27 percentage points higher than Groningen (41%)
Social housing
27%
▼4 percentage points lower than Groningen (31%)
Private rent
5%
▼23 percentage points lower than Groningen (28%)
Single-family dwellings
88%
▲49 percentage points higher than Groningen (39%)
Built before 1945
13%
▼15 percentage points lower than Groningen (28%)
Built 2016 and later
1%
▼9 percentage points lower than Groningen (10%)
Built 1975–1991
14%
▼5 percentage points lower than Groningen (19%)
Average WOZ value
€358,000
▲14% higher than Groningen (€313,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2014
+83%
▼lower than Groningen (+99%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
68%
▲27 percentage points higher than Groningen (41%)
Social housing
27%
▼4 percentage points lower than Groningen (31%)
Private rent
5%
▼23 percentage points lower than Groningen (28%)
Single-family dwellings
88%
▲49 percentage points higher than Groningen (39%)
Built before 1945
13%
▼15 percentage points lower than Groningen (28%)
Built 2016 and later
1%
▼9 percentage points lower than Groningen (10%)
Built 1975–1991
14%
▼5 percentage points lower than Groningen (19%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 83% between 2014 and 2025, to €358,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€358,000▲ 14% above Groningen
+83% since 2014
Groningen +99%
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: ~€260 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€260/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
97 m² · estimated gemeente average
WOZ €358,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€127NL median
Property tax (OZB)€49€31
Water board levy€42–
Waste levy€22€27
Sewage levy€14€22
Costs to set aside€133
Maintenance reserve€124–
Buildings insurance€9–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Groningen's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 202nd 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 97 m² (estimated gemeente average) with the average WOZ value here, €358,000.
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
Hoogkerk e.o. has the 7th-highest WOZ value of the 20 wijken in the municipality of Groningen.
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: €358,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Hoogkerk e.o.
358,000
4,800
–
Centrum
282,000
13,990
–
Oud-Zuid
279,000
12,119
–
Oud-West
309,000
7,810
–
Oud-Noord
249,000
10,853
–
Oud-Oost
265,000
7,812
–
Zuidoost
370,000
1,851
–
Midden-Zuid
345,000
10,543
–
Zuidwest
334,000
6,120
–
Nieuw-West
295,000
9,059
–
Nieuw-Noord
245,000
10,160
–
Noordoost
284,000
7,636
–
Nieuw-Oost
319,000
7,570
–
Meerdorpen
426,000
448
–
Meerstad e.o.
615,000
1,400
–
Ten Boer e.o.
301,000
2,635
–
Ten Post e.o.
268,000
700
–
Haren-West e.o.
512,000
6,117
–
Haren-Oost e.o.
397,000
2,280
–
Glimmen-Onnen-Noordlaren
625,000
1,125
–
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 68% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied68%
Social housing27%
Private rent5%
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
88% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.
Single-family homes88%
Multi-family homes12%
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
38% of dwellings were built between 1992 and 2005, against 10% in the municipality of Groningen.
Before 194512.6%
1945-196414.8%
1965-19749.6%
1975-199114.4%
1992-200538.4%
2006-20159.4%
2016 and later1%
Explanation
Based on 4,844 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 Groningen average.
In 2025, 25 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Hoogkerk e.o., 59% lower than in Groningen (61). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 2%, 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
25
▼59% lower than Groningen (61)
Change since 2021
+2%
▼lower than Groningen (+24%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
1.8
▼40% lower than Groningen (3.0)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
25
▼59% lower than Groningen (61)
Change since 2021
+2%
▼lower than Groningen (+24%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
1.8
▼40% lower than Groningen (3.0)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Hoogkerk e.o. registered 25 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 61 in the municipality of Groningen.
Hoogkerk e.o.25
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.
The largest category in Hoogkerk e.o. is 'Traffic': 6.2 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 6.5 in the municipality of Groningen.
Hoogkerk e.o.Groningen
Traffic6.2
Groningen 6.5≈ Groningen
Theft and burglary4.6
Groningen 34.7▼ −87% vs Groningen
Vandalism and public order4.6
Groningen 6.5▼ −29% vs Groningen
Fraud and scams4.2
Groningen 4.5▼ −7% vs Groningen
Violence and threats3.7
Groningen 5.9▼ −37% vs Groningen
Other and withheld1.4
Groningen 2.3▼ −39% vs Groningen
Environmental0.1
Groningen 0.1≈ Groningen
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 Hoogkerk e.o. registered 74 traffic accidents, of which 22 with injury and 1 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 below the Groningen average.
An estimated 74% of adults in Hoogkerk e.o. rate their own health as good, 1 percentage point less than in Groningen. More adults are overweight (53% against 41%), but fewer meet the physical activity guideline (47% against 57%), fewer report anxiety or depression (43% against 50%) and fewer smoke (17% against 21%).
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
74%
▼1 percentage point lower than Groningen (75%)
More figures
Overweight
53%
▲12 percentage points higher than Groningen (41%)
Meets physical activity guideline
47%
▼10 percentage points lower than Groningen (57%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
43%
▼7 percentage points lower than Groningen (50%)
Smokes
17%
▼4 percentage points lower than Groningen (21%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
74%
▼1 percentage point lower than Groningen (75%)
More figures
Overweight
53%
▲12 percentage points higher than Groningen (41%)
Meets physical activity guideline
47%
▼10 percentage points lower than Groningen (57%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
43%
▼7 percentage points lower than Groningen (50%)
Smokes
17%
▼4 percentage points lower than Groningen (21%)
Health
An estimated 74% 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
73.7%
74.7%
Smokes
16.8%
21.4%
Excessive drinking
5.7%
7.5%
Overweight
52.9%
41.2%
Lonely
46%
49.7%
Anxiety or depression feelings
42.8%
50.4%
Meets physical activity guideline
46.8%
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
04 · Residents
The population is shrinking, while it grows in Groningen.
Hoogkerk e.o. has 11,550 inhabitants (2026), or 921 per km² (30% lower than in Groningen). Between 2014 and 2026 the population fell 27%, against a rise of 23% 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 2014
-27%
▼lower than Groningen (+23%)
Turnout, municipality of Groningen
81%
▲3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
-21%
▼lower than Groningen (+29%)
Aged 45 to 65
29%
▲9 percentage points higher than Groningen (20%)
Never married
53%
▼14 percentage points lower than Groningen (67%)
Dutch origin
82%
▲12 percentage points higher than Groningen (70%)
D66, share of the vote
24%
▲7 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2014
-27%
▼lower than Groningen (+23%)
Turnout, municipality of Groningen
81%
▲3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
-21%
▼lower than Groningen (+29%)
Aged 45 to 65
29%
▲9 percentage points higher than Groningen (20%)
Never married
53%
▼14 percentage points lower than Groningen (67%)
Dutch origin
82%
▲12 percentage points higher than Groningen (70%)
D66, share of the vote
24%
▲7 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population shrank 27% between 2014 and 2026, to 11,550.
Residents, 2026
11,550
-27% since 2014
Groningen +23%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 921 residents per km², this wijk is 30% less densely populated than the municipality of Groningen.
Residents per km²921
Dwellings per km²382.8
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 11.0 children were born per 1,000 residents; 6.6 died per 1,000.
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
30% of residents are between 45 and 65.
0 to 151,975
15 to 251,470
25 to 452,655
45 to 653,410
65 to 801,555
80 and over495
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
53% of residents are never married.
Never married6,110
Married4,230
Divorced695
Widowed515
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
82% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands9,505
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)455
Outside Europe1,590
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
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
Hoogkerk e.o. has an average of 1.0 cars per household, 43% higher 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
Industry and energy, share of businesses
14%
▲5 percentage points higher than Groningen (9%)
Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
12%
▲3 percentage points higher than Groningen (9%)
Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
11%
▼4 percentage points lower than Groningen (15%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.0
▲43% higher than Groningen (0.7)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
22%
▼7 percentage points lower than Groningen (29%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2014
+2 pp
▼lower than Groningen (+3 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
87%
▼2 percentage points lower than Groningen (89%)
Retail, share of addresses
1%
=about the same as Groningen (1%)
Lodging, share of addresses
0%
=about the same as Groningen (0%)
Private rent
5%
▼9 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Residents per km²
921
▲71% higher than the Netherlands (539)
Single-family dwellings
88%
▲25 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)
Industry and energy, share of businesses
14%
▲5 percentage points higher than Groningen (9%)
Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
12%
▲3 percentage points higher than Groningen (9%)
Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
11%
▼4 percentage points lower than Groningen (15%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.0
▲43% higher than Groningen (0.7)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
22%
▼7 percentage points lower than Groningen (29%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2014
+2 pp
▼lower than Groningen (+3 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
87%
▼2 percentage points lower than Groningen (89%)
Retail, share of addresses
1%
=about the same as Groningen (1%)
Lodging, share of addresses
0%
=about the same as Groningen (0%)
Private rent
5%
▼9 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Residents per km²
921
▲71% higher than the Netherlands (539)
Single-family dwellings
88%
▲25 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)
Business establishments by sector
Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 285 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij10
Nijverheid en energie160
Handel en horeca175
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie145
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed55
Zakelijke dienstverlening285
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg215
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 20% to 22% between 2014 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
22%▼ 7 percentage points below Groningen (29%)
+2 pp since 2014
Groningen +3 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, 5,130 passenger cars and 390 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars5,130
Motorcycles390
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 office (2%).
Residential87%
Retail0.7%
Office1.7%
Assembly0.6%
Healthcare0.1%
Industrial1.7%
Education0.1%
Sports0.1%
Other8.8%
Explanation
Based on 5,568 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
12% multi-family dwellings, against 37% nationally.
This areaThe Netherlands
Multi-family dwellings12%
NL 37%▼ −68% vs NL
Private rent5%
NL 14%▼ −64% vs NL
Residents per km²921
NL 539▲ +71% vs NL
Single-family dwellings88%
NL 63%▲ +40% vs NL
Owner-occupied dwellings68%
NL 57%▲ +19% 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) 2025