The population is shrinking, while it grows in Hoeksche Waard. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard, and registered crime per resident is lower.
The average WOZ value in Goudswaard is €343,000, 12% lower than in Hoeksche Waard (€392,000). Between 2019 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 48%, against a rise of 58% in Hoeksche Waard. 69% of the homes are owner-occupied, 2 percentage points less than in Hoeksche Waard (71%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€343,000
▼12% lower than Hoeksche Waard (€392,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2019
+48%
▼lower than Hoeksche Waard (+58%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
69%
▼2 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (71%)
Social housing
25%
▲1 percentage point higher than Hoeksche Waard (24%)
Private rent
6%
▲1 percentage point higher than Hoeksche Waard (5%)
Single-family dwellings
91%
▲8 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (83%)
Built 1965–1974
13%
▼9 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (22%)
Built 1945–1964
13%
▲3 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (10%)
Built 2006–2015
5%
▼2 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (7%)
Average WOZ value
€343,000
▼12% lower than Hoeksche Waard (€392,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2019
+48%
▼lower than Hoeksche Waard (+58%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
69%
▼2 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (71%)
Social housing
25%
▲1 percentage point higher than Hoeksche Waard (24%)
Private rent
6%
▲1 percentage point higher than Hoeksche Waard (5%)
Single-family dwellings
91%
▲8 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (83%)
Built 1965–1974
13%
▼9 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (22%)
Built 1945–1964
13%
▲3 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (10%)
Built 2006–2015
5%
▼2 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (7%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 48% between 2019 and 2025, to €343,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€343,000▼ 12% below Hoeksche Waard
+48% since 2019
Hoeksche Waard +58%
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: ~€293 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€293/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
127 m² · estimated gemeente average
WOZ €343,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€120NL median
Water board levy€41–
Waste levy€27€27
Sewage levy€26€22
Property tax (OZB)€26€30
Costs to set aside€173
Maintenance reserve€162–
Buildings insurance€11–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Hoeksche Waard's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 156th 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 127 m² (estimated gemeente average) with the average WOZ value here, €343,000.
Levies: Hoeksche Waard'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
Goudswaard has the lowest WOZ value of the 14 wijken in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard.
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: €343,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Goudswaard
343,000
888
–
Oud-Beijerland
397,000
10,963
–
Heinenoord
389,000
1,642
–
Mijnsheerenland
492,000
2,011
–
Westmaas
396,000
989
–
Puttershoek
363,000
3,364
–
Maasdam
451,000
1,412
–
's-Gravendeel
354,000
4,080
–
Strijen
360,000
4,162
–
Klaaswaal
378,000
1,820
–
Numansdorp
421,000
4,491
–
Zuid-Beijerland
384,000
1,657
–
Piershil
350,000
776
–
Nieuw-Beijerland
412,000
1,699
–
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 69% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied69%
Social housing25%
Private rent6%
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
91% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.
Single-family homes91%
Multi-family homes9%
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
24% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 13% in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard.
Before 194523.6%
1945-196413.3%
1965-197413.2%
1975-199120.9%
1992-200515.5%
2006-20154.5%
2016 and later9.1%
Explanation
Based on 904 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 Hoeksche Waard average.
In 2025, 16 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Goudswaard, 38% lower than in Hoeksche Waard (26). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 21%, against a fall of 4% in Hoeksche Waard. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
16
▼38% lower than Hoeksche Waard (26)
Change since 2021
+21%
▲higher than Hoeksche Waard (-4%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
0.8
▼50% lower than Hoeksche Waard (1.6)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
16
▼38% lower than Hoeksche Waard (26)
Change since 2021
+21%
▲higher than Hoeksche Waard (-4%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
0.8
▼50% lower than Hoeksche Waard (1.6)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Goudswaard registered 16 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 26 in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard.
Goudswaard16
The municipality of Hoeksche Waard26
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 Goudswaard is 'Fraud and scams': 5.9 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 4.7 in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard.
GoudswaardHoeksche Waard
Fraud and scams5.9
Hoeksche Waard 4.7▲ +26% vs Hoeksche Waard
Traffic5.4
Hoeksche Waard 7.5▼ −28% vs Hoeksche Waard
Theft and burglary1.5
Hoeksche Waard 6.8▼ −78% vs Hoeksche Waard
Violence and threats1.5
Hoeksche Waard 2.2▼ −32% vs Hoeksche Waard
Environmental1.0
Hoeksche Waard 0.1▲ +900% vs Hoeksche Waard
Vandalism and public order0.5
Hoeksche Waard 3.2▼ −84% vs Hoeksche Waard
Other and withheld0.0
Hoeksche Waard 1.1▼ −100% vs Hoeksche Waard
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 Goudswaard registered 3 traffic accidents, of which 2 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 above the Hoeksche Waard average.
An estimated 74% of adults in Goudswaard rate their own health as good, about the same as in Hoeksche Waard. Fewer adults meet the physical activity guideline (35% against 40%), but more are overweight (60% against 57%), more smoke (17% against 15%) and more feel lonely (45% against 43%). Agricultural land is the largest land use in Goudswaard, covering 60% of the area, against 62% in Hoeksche Waard. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 33% of the area, 22 percentage points above the 11% in Hoeksche Waard.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
74%
=about the same as Hoeksche Waard (74%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
33%
▲22 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (11%)
More figures
Meets physical activity guideline
35%
▼5 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (40%)
Overweight
60%
▲3 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (57%)
Lonely
45%
▲2 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (43%)
Smokes
17%
▲2 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (15%)
Forest and nature, share of the area
32%
▲22 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (10%)
Water, share of the area
4%
▼13 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (17%)
Built-up, share of the area
2%
▼5 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (7%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
74%
=about the same as Hoeksche Waard (74%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
33%
▲22 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (11%)
More figures
Meets physical activity guideline
35%
▼5 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (40%)
Overweight
60%
▲3 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (57%)
Lonely
45%
▲2 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (43%)
Smokes
17%
▲2 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (15%)
Forest and nature, share of the area
32%
▲22 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (10%)
Water, share of the area
4%
▼13 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (17%)
Built-up, share of the area
2%
▼5 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (7%)
Health
An estimated 74% of adults rate their own health as good, against 74% in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Hoeksche Waard
Good self-rated health
73.9%
73.8%
Smokes
16.7%
15.3%
Excessive drinking
5.6%
5.3%
Overweight
59.9%
57%
Lonely
45.2%
43.1%
Anxiety or depression feelings
42.9%
43.7%
Meets physical activity guideline
35.1%
40.2%
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
33% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 11% in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard.
Traffic1.3%
Built-up1.6%
Other built-up0.7%
Recreation0.5%
Agriculture59.6%
Forest and nature32.3%
Water4%
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
04 · Residents
The population is shrinking, while it grows in Hoeksche Waard.
Goudswaard has 2,050 inhabitants (2026), or 86 per km² (75% lower than in Hoeksche Waard). Between 2019 and 2026 the population stayed about level, against a rise of 6% in Hoeksche Waard. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard was 83%, 5 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 19% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.
Key figures
Population growth since 2019
-0%
▼lower than Hoeksche Waard (+6%)
Turnout, municipality of Hoeksche Waard
83%
▲5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+6%
=about the same as Hoeksche Waard (+6%)
Aged 45 to 65
28%
▲1 percentage point higher than Hoeksche Waard (27%)
Married
48%
▲3 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (45%)
Dutch origin
89%
▲2 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (87%)
Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
44%
▼3 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (47%)
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
19%
▲2 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2019
-0%
▼lower than Hoeksche Waard (+6%)
Turnout, municipality of Hoeksche Waard
83%
▲5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+6%
=about the same as Hoeksche Waard (+6%)
Aged 45 to 65
28%
▲1 percentage point higher than Hoeksche Waard (27%)
Married
48%
▲3 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (45%)
Dutch origin
89%
▲2 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (87%)
Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
44%
▼3 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (47%)
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
19%
▲2 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population held steady between 2019 and 2026, at 2,050.
Residents, 2026
2,050
+0% since 2019
Hoeksche Waard +6%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 86 residents per km², this wijk is 75% less densely populated than the municipality of Hoeksche Waard.
Residents per km²86
Dwellings per km²37.4
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 9.8 children were born per 1,000 residents; 7.3 died per 1,000.
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
28% of residents are between 45 and 65.
0 to 15315
15 to 25215
25 to 45460
45 to 65565
65 to 80405
80 and over90
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
48% of residents are married.
Never married835
Married985
Divorced135
Widowed100
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
90% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands1,825
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)95
Outside Europe120
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Education level of residents aged 15 to 75
44% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.
Primary, vmbo, mbo1510
Havo, vwo, mbo2-4670
Higher professional, university360
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Hoeksche Waard; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 83% of eligible voters in Hoeksche Waard voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 19% of the valid votes.
Municipality of Hoeksche WaardThe Netherlands
D66
12.2%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
18.6%
16.7%
VVD
15.2%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
7%
12.8%
CDA
13.4%
11.8%
JA21
8.7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
5.7%
4.5%
BBB
2.1%
2.6%
Other
17.2%
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
Goudswaard has an average of 1.4 cars per household, 8% higher than in Hoeksche Waard (1.3). 22% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 1 percentage point less than in Hoeksche Waard (23%).
Key figures
Industry and energy, share of businesses
27%
▲12 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (15%)
Business services, share of businesses
18%
▼7 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (25%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
10%
▲6 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (4%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.4
▲8% higher than Hoeksche Waard (1.3)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
22%
▼1 percentage point lower than Hoeksche Waard (23%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2019
+4 pp
▼lower than Hoeksche Waard (+8 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
91%
▲4 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (87%)
Office, share of addresses
0%
▼1 percentage point lower than Hoeksche Waard (1%)
Assembly, share of addresses
1%
=about the same as Hoeksche Waard (1%)
Multi-family dwellings
9%
▼28 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
Private rent
6%
▼8 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Single-family dwellings
91%
▲28 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)
Industry and energy, share of businesses
27%
▲12 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (15%)
Business services, share of businesses
18%
▼7 percentage points lower than Hoeksche Waard (25%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
10%
▲6 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (4%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.4
▲8% higher than Hoeksche Waard (1.3)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
22%
▼1 percentage point lower than Hoeksche Waard (23%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2019
+4 pp
▼lower than Hoeksche Waard (+8 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
91%
▲4 percentage points higher than Hoeksche Waard (87%)
Office, share of addresses
0%
▼1 percentage point lower than Hoeksche Waard (1%)
Assembly, share of addresses
1%
=about the same as Hoeksche Waard (1%)
Multi-family dwellings
9%
▼28 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
Private rent
6%
▼8 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Single-family dwellings
91%
▲28 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)
Business establishments by sector
Nijverheid en energie is the largest sector, with 65 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij25
Nijverheid en energie65
Handel en horeca35
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie15
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed10
Zakelijke dienstverlening45
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg25
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten25
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 23% in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard (2025).
Petrol77.5%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)22.5%
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 22% between 2019 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
22%▼ 1 percentage point below Hoeksche Waard (23%)
+3 pp since 2019
Hoeksche Waard +8 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, 1,180 passenger cars and 110 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars1,180
Motorcycles110
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
91% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (7%).
Residential91.4%
Retail1%
Office0.3%
Assembly1.3%
Healthcare0.1%
Industrial6.7%
Lodging0.1%
Education0.2%
Sports0.4%
Other2.4%
Explanation
Based on 989 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
86 residents per km²: 84% less densely populated than the Dutch average.
This areaThe Netherlands
Residents per km²86
NL 539▼ −84% vs NL
Multi-family dwellings9%
NL 37%▼ −76% vs NL
Private rent6%
NL 14%▼ −57% vs NL
Single-family dwellings91%
NL 63%▲ +44% vs NL
Owner-occupied dwellings69%
NL 57%▲ +21% 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