Built between 2006 and 2015: 10%, against 7% in the municipality of Leeuwarden.
Key figures
Built 2006–2015
10%
▲3 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (7%)
Built 2016 and later
10%
▲3 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (7%)
Built 1992–2005
10%
▲1 percentage point higher than Leeuwarden (9%)
Built 2006–2015
10%
▲3 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (7%)
Built 2016 and later
10%
▲3 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (7%)
Built 1992–2005
10%
▲1 percentage point higher than Leeuwarden (9%)
02 · Safety
Too few residents for a rate per resident: these are counts.
Buitengebied De Zwette has too few residents for a reliable rate per 1,000 residents (under 200), so counts are shown instead of a comparison. In 2025, 2 crimes were registered, against 7 in 2021. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Registered crimes, 2025
2
▼down from 7 in 2021
Home burglary
1
2023–2025
Registered crimes, 2025
2
▼down from 7 in 2021
Home burglary
1
2023–2025
Registered crime per year
2 crimes were registered in Buitengebied De Zwette in 2025 (7 in 2021).
Registered crimes, 2025
2
down from 7 in 2021
Explanation
Too few residents for a reliable per-1,000 figure (threshold 200) — registered crime, not all crime — CBS/Politie 47018NED.
The largest category in Buitengebied De Zwette is 'Theft and burglary': 1 in 2025.
Theft and burglary1
Traffic1
Vandalism and public order0
Violence and threats0
Fraud and scams0
Environmental0
Other and withheld0
Explanation
Too few residents for a reliable per-1,000 figure (threshold 200). 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 Buitengebied De Zwette registered 9 traffic accidents, of which 0 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
Green space is below the Leeuwarden average.
Agricultural land is the largest land use in Buitengebied De Zwette, covering 93% of the area, against 69% in Leeuwarden.
Key figures
Green (parks, sport, nature)
0%
▼9 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (9%)
Agriculture, share of the area
93%
▲24 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (69%)
Built-up, share of the area
2%
▼9 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (11%)
Water, share of the area
2%
▼5 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (7%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
0%
▼9 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (9%)
Agriculture, share of the area
93%
▲24 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (69%)
Built-up, share of the area
2%
▼9 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (11%)
Water, share of the area
2%
▼5 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (7%)
Land use
0% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 9% in the municipality of Leeuwarden.
Traffic3.7%
Built-up1.7%
Agriculture93%
Water1.5%
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 daycare lies here at an average road distance of 1800 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
2,100 m
–
GP practice
3,500 m
–
Primary school
2,100 m
–
Daycare
1,800 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
0
GP practices
–
0
Daycares
–
0
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 shrinking, while it grows in Leeuwarden.
Buitengebied De Zwette has 30 inhabitants (2026), or 6 per km² (99% lower than in Leeuwarden). In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Leeuwarden was 78%, in line with the national figure. Of the parties that are largest nationally, GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) had the highest share there: 18% of the vote, against 13% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.
Key figures
Population growth since 2021
-14%
▼lower than Leeuwarden (+5%)
Turnout, municipality of Leeuwarden
78%
=about the same as the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+0%
▼lower than Leeuwarden (+4%)
Aged under 15
29%
▲15 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (14%)
Never married
50%
▼6 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (56%)
Dutch origin
100%
▲23 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (77%)
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA), share of the vote
18%
▲5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (13%)
Population growth since 2021
-14%
▼lower than Leeuwarden (+5%)
Turnout, municipality of Leeuwarden
78%
=about the same as the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+0%
▼lower than Leeuwarden (+4%)
Aged under 15
29%
▲15 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (14%)
Never married
50%
▼6 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (56%)
Dutch origin
100%
▲23 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (77%)
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA), share of the vote
18%
▲5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (13%)
Population per year
The population shrank 14% between 2021 and 2026, to 30.
Residents, 2026
30
-14% since 2021
Leeuwarden +5%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 6 residents per km², this buurt is 99% less densely populated than the municipality of Leeuwarden.
Residents per km²6
Dwellings per km²2.2
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, almost no children were born; almost no one died.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
29% of residents are between 0 and 15.
0 to 1510
15 to 255
25 to 455
45 to 655
65 to 805
80 and over5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
50% of residents are never married.
Never married15
Married10
Divorced5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
100% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands30
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Leeuwarden; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 78% of eligible voters in Leeuwarden voted. The largest party was GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) with 18% of the valid votes.
Municipality of LeeuwardenThe Netherlands
D66
18.2%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
14.4%
16.7%
VVD
11.3%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
18.4%
12.8%
CDA
10.8%
11.8%
JA21
5.3%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
5.3%
4.5%
BBB
2.5%
2.6%
Other
13.7%
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
33% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 9 percentage points more than in Leeuwarden (24%).
Key figures
Cars not on petrol (2025)
33%
▲9 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (24%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
0 pp
▼lower than Leeuwarden (+2 pp)
Industrial, share of addresses
29%
▲24 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (5%)
Residential, share of addresses
71%
▼16 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (87%)
Assembly, share of addresses
14%
▲13 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (1%)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
33%
▲9 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (24%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
0 pp
▼lower than Leeuwarden (+2 pp)
Industrial, share of addresses
29%
▲24 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (5%)
Residential, share of addresses
71%
▼16 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (87%)
Assembly, share of addresses
14%
▲13 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (1%)
Passenger cars by fuel type
33% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 24% in the municipality of Leeuwarden (2025).
Petrol66.7%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)33.3%
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 33% to 33% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
33%▲ 9 percentage points above Leeuwarden (24%)
+0 pp since 2021
Leeuwarden +2 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, 15 passenger cars and 0 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars15
Motorcycles0
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
71% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (29%).
Residential71.4%
Office7.1%
Assembly14.3%
Industrial28.6%
Other7.1%
Explanation
Based on 14 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
6 residents per km²: 99% less densely populated than the Dutch average.
This areaThe Netherlands
Residents per km²6
NL 539▼ −99% 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