The population is growing about as fast as in Haarlem. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Haarlem, and registered crime per resident is lower.
The average WOZ value in Erasmusbuurt is €334,000, 34% lower than in Haarlem (€505,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 38%, against a rise of 33% in Haarlem. 16% of the homes are owner-occupied, 37 percentage points less than in Haarlem (53%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€334,000
▼34% lower than Haarlem (€505,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+38%
▲higher than Haarlem (+33%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
16%
▼37 percentage points lower than Haarlem (53%)
Social housing
81%
▲52 percentage points higher than Haarlem (29%)
Private rent
3%
▼15 percentage points lower than Haarlem (18%)
Single-family dwellings
28%
▼20 percentage points lower than Haarlem (48%)
Built 1992–2005
2%
▼3 percentage points lower than Haarlem (5%)
Built 2006–2015
8%
▲2 percentage points higher than Haarlem (6%)
Average WOZ value
€334,000
▼34% lower than Haarlem (€505,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+38%
▲higher than Haarlem (+33%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
16%
▼37 percentage points lower than Haarlem (53%)
Social housing
81%
▲52 percentage points higher than Haarlem (29%)
Private rent
3%
▼15 percentage points lower than Haarlem (18%)
Single-family dwellings
28%
▼20 percentage points lower than Haarlem (48%)
Built 1992–2005
2%
▼3 percentage points lower than Haarlem (5%)
Built 2006–2015
8%
▲2 percentage points higher than Haarlem (6%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 38% between 2021 and 2025, to €334,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€334,000▼ 34% below Haarlem
+38% since 2021
Haarlem +33%
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: ~€245 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€245/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
97 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €334,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€112NL median
Water board levy€41–
Waste levy€34€27
Property tax (OZB)€20€29
Sewage levy€17€22
Costs to set aside€133
Maintenance reserve€124–
Buildings insurance€9–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Haarlem's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 62nd 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 (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €334,000.
Levies: Haarlem'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
Erasmusbuurt has the 2nd-lowest WOZ value of the 5 buurten in Meerwijk.
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: €334,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Erasmusbuurt
334,000
1,064
–
Winkelcentrum Schalkwijk
355,000
409
–
Spijkerboorbuurt
394,000
868
–
Nobelprijsbuurt
388,000
963
–
Archimedesbuurt
320,000
949
–
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 81% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied16%
Social housing81%
Private rent3%
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
72% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.
Single-family homes28%
Multi-family homes72%
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
91% of dwellings were built between 1965 and 1974, against 12% in the municipality of Haarlem.
1965-197491%
1992-20051.5%
2006-20157.5%
Explanation
Based on 1,064 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 Haarlem average.
In 2025, 33 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Erasmusbuurt, 40% lower than in Haarlem (55). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 3%, against a rise of 21% in Haarlem. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
33
▼40% lower than Haarlem (55)
Change since 2021
-3%
▼lower than Haarlem (+21%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
4.7
▲74% higher than Haarlem (2.7)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
33
▼40% lower than Haarlem (55)
Change since 2021
-3%
▼lower than Haarlem (+21%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
4.7
▲74% higher than Haarlem (2.7)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Erasmusbuurt registered 33 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 55 in the municipality of Haarlem.
Erasmusbuurt33
The municipality of Haarlem55
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 Erasmusbuurt is 'Theft and burglary': 9.5 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 27.9 in the municipality of Haarlem.
ErasmusbuurtHaarlem
Theft and burglary9.5
Haarlem 27.9▼ −66% vs Haarlem
Violence and threats8.3
Haarlem 5.6▲ +48% vs Haarlem
Vandalism and public order4.8
Haarlem 7.1▼ −32% vs Haarlem
Fraud and scams4.0
Haarlem 5.3▼ −25% vs Haarlem
Traffic4.0
Haarlem 7.1▼ −44% vs Haarlem
Other and withheld2.0
Haarlem 2.0≈ Haarlem
Environmental0.0
Haarlem 0.1≈ Haarlem
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 Erasmusbuurt registered 3 traffic accidents, of which 1 with injury and none fatal.
2020
2021
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 Haarlem average; green space is below the Haarlem average.
An estimated 59% of adults in Erasmusbuurt rate their own health as good, 15 percentage points less than in Haarlem. More adults are overweight (60% against 45%), more feel lonely (62% against 48%) and more report anxiety or depression (59% against 50%), but fewer meet the physical activity guideline (44% against 55%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Erasmusbuurt, covering 86% of the area, against 55% in Haarlem. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 10% of the area, 5 percentage points below the 15% in Haarlem.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
59%
▼15 percentage points lower than Haarlem (74%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
10%
▼5 percentage points lower than Haarlem (15%)
More figures
Overweight
60%
▲15 percentage points higher than Haarlem (45%)
Lonely
62%
▲14 percentage points higher than Haarlem (48%)
Meets physical activity guideline
44%
▼11 percentage points lower than Haarlem (55%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
59%
▲9 percentage points higher than Haarlem (50%)
Built-up, share of the area
86%
▲31 percentage points higher than Haarlem (55%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼13 percentage points lower than Haarlem (13%)
Water, share of the area
0%
▼9 percentage points lower than Haarlem (9%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
59%
▼15 percentage points lower than Haarlem (74%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
10%
▼5 percentage points lower than Haarlem (15%)
More figures
Overweight
60%
▲15 percentage points higher than Haarlem (45%)
Lonely
62%
▲14 percentage points higher than Haarlem (48%)
Meets physical activity guideline
44%
▼11 percentage points lower than Haarlem (55%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
59%
▲9 percentage points higher than Haarlem (50%)
Built-up, share of the area
86%
▲31 percentage points higher than Haarlem (55%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼13 percentage points lower than Haarlem (13%)
Water, share of the area
0%
▼9 percentage points lower than Haarlem (9%)
Health
An estimated 59% of adults rate their own health as good, against 74% in the municipality of Haarlem (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Haarlem
Good self-rated health
59%
73.8%
Smokes
20.6%
17.8%
Excessive drinking
4.2%
6.8%
Overweight
60.4%
45.2%
Lonely
61.6%
48.5%
Anxiety or depression feelings
58.6%
50.3%
Meets physical activity guideline
43.8%
54.8%
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
10% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 15% in the municipality of Haarlem.
Traffic4.8%
Built-up85.7%
Recreation9.5%
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.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
500 m
–
GP practice
700 m
–
Primary school
300 m
–
Daycare
300 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
3.4
GP practices
–
2.1
Daycares
–
7.4
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 Haarlem average.
Erasmusbuurt has 2,510 inhabitants (2026), or 12,308 per km² (2.1 times as high as in Haarlem). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 4%, the same as in Haarlem. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Haarlem was 79%, 1 percentage point above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 had the highest share there: 26% 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
+4%
=about the same as Haarlem (+4%)
Turnout, municipality of Haarlem
79%
▲1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+0%
▼lower than Haarlem (+4%)
Aged 45 to 65
25%
▼1 percentage point lower than Haarlem (26%)
Never married
54%
▼2 percentage points lower than Haarlem (56%)
Origin outside Europe
56%
▲31 percentage points higher than Haarlem (25%)
D66, share of the vote
26%
▲9 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
+4%
=about the same as Haarlem (+4%)
Turnout, municipality of Haarlem
79%
▲1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+0%
▼lower than Haarlem (+4%)
Aged 45 to 65
25%
▼1 percentage point lower than Haarlem (26%)
Never married
54%
▼2 percentage points lower than Haarlem (56%)
Origin outside Europe
56%
▲31 percentage points higher than Haarlem (25%)
D66, share of the vote
26%
▲9 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population grew 4% between 2021 and 2026, to 2,510.
Residents, 2026
2,510
+4% since 2021
Haarlem +4%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 12,308 residents per km², this buurt is 2.1 times as densely populated as the municipality of Haarlem.
Residents per km²12,308
Dwellings per km²5,320
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 9.9 children were born per 1,000 residents; 8.0 died per 1,000.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
25% of residents are between 45 and 65.
0 to 15520
15 to 25335
25 to 45570
45 to 65630
65 to 80325
80 and over130
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
54% of residents are never married.
Never married1,345
Married770
Divorced255
Widowed140
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
56% of residents have origin outside Europe.
Netherlands945
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)145
Outside Europe1,415
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Education level of residents aged 15 to 75
42% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.
Primary, vmbo, mbo1690
Havo, vwo, mbo2-4710
Higher professional, university310
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Haarlem; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 79% of eligible voters in Haarlem voted. The largest party was D66 with 26% of the valid votes.
Municipality of HaarlemThe Netherlands
D66
25.5%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
10%
16.7%
VVD
11.7%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
22.3%
12.8%
CDA
6.8%
11.8%
JA21
4.1%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
3.2%
4.5%
BBB
1.1%
2.6%
Other
15.3%
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
Erasmusbuurt has an average of 0.8 cars per household, about the same as in Haarlem (0.8). 17% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 7 percentage points less than in Haarlem (24%).
Key figures
Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
24%
▲14 percentage points higher than Haarlem (10%)
Business services, share of businesses
18%
▼12 percentage points lower than Haarlem (30%)
Industry and energy, share of businesses
18%
▲7 percentage points higher than Haarlem (11%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.8
=about the same as Haarlem (0.8)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
17%
▼7 percentage points lower than Haarlem (24%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+4 pp
▼lower than Haarlem (+8 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
76%
▼11 percentage points lower than Haarlem (87%)
Retail, share of addresses
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Haarlem (2%)
Assembly, share of addresses
0%
▼1 percentage point lower than Haarlem (1%)
Private rent
3%
▼11 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Owner-occupied dwellings
16%
▼41 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (57%)
Social housing
81%
▲53 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (28%)
Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
24%
▲14 percentage points higher than Haarlem (10%)
Business services, share of businesses
18%
▼12 percentage points lower than Haarlem (30%)
Industry and energy, share of businesses
18%
▲7 percentage points higher than Haarlem (11%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.8
=about the same as Haarlem (0.8)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
17%
▼7 percentage points lower than Haarlem (24%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+4 pp
▼lower than Haarlem (+8 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
76%
▼11 percentage points lower than Haarlem (87%)
Retail, share of addresses
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Haarlem (2%)
Assembly, share of addresses
0%
▼1 percentage point lower than Haarlem (1%)
Private rent
3%
▼11 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Owner-occupied dwellings
16%
▼41 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (57%)
Social housing
81%
▲53 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (28%)
Business establishments by sector
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie is the largest sector, with 40 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie30
Handel en horeca15
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie40
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening30
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg40
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten10
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 24% in the municipality of Haarlem (2025).
Petrol82.8%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)17.2%
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 14% to 17% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
17%▼ 7 percentage points below Haarlem (24%)
+3 pp since 2021
Haarlem +9 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, 815 passenger cars and 50 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars815
Motorcycles50
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
76% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is assembly (0.3%).
Residential76.3%
Retail0.1%
Assembly0.3%
Education0.1%
Other23.2%
Explanation
Based on 1,395 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
12,308 residents per km²: 23 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.
This areaThe Netherlands
Residents per km²12,308
NL 539▲ +2184% vs NL
Private rent3%
NL 14%▼ −79% vs NL
Owner-occupied dwellings16%
NL 57%▼ −72% vs NL
Social housing81%
NL 28%▲ +189% vs NL
Single-family dwellings28%
NL 63%▼ −56% 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