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Living in De Centrale

The population is growing slower than in Leeuwarden.

5 residents, 4 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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Compared with the municipality of Leeuwarden · newest year available

Location

© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS

01 · Prices & homes

Built between 1945 and 1964: 25%, against 13% in the municipality of Leeuwarden.

Key figures
  • Built 1945–1964
    25%
    12 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (13%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    25%
    9 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (16%)
02 · Safety

Too few residents for a rate per resident: these are counts.

De Centrale has too few residents for a reliable rate per 1,000 residents (under 200), so counts are shown instead of a comparison. In 2025, 80 crimes were registered, against 44 in 2021. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Registered crimes, 2025
    80
    up from 44 in 2021
  • Home burglary
    0
    2023–2025

Registered crime per year

80 crimes were registered in De Centrale in 2025 (44 in 2021).

Registered crimes, 2025
80
  • up from 44 in 2021
Explanation

Too few residents for a reliable per-1,000 figure (threshold 200) — registered crime, not all crime — CBS/Politie 47018NED.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Crime by category

The largest category in De Centrale is 'Theft and burglary': 56 in 2025.

  • Theft and burglary56
  • Traffic11
  • Violence and threats6
  • Vandalism and public order4
  • Other and withheld3
  • Fraud and scams0
  • Environmental0
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'.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2024, police in De Centrale registered 1 traffic accidents, of which 1 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.

Built-up land is the largest land use in De Centrale, covering 55% of the area, against 11% in Leeuwarden.

Key figures
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    0%
    9 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (9%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    0%
    69 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (69%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    55%
    44 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (11%)
  • Other built-up, share of the area
    18%
    17 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (1%)

Land use

0% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 9% in the municipality of Leeuwarden.

  • Traffic9.1%
  • Built-up54.5%
  • Other built-up18.2%
  • Water18.2%
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

04 · Residents

The population is growing slower than the Leeuwarden average.

De Centrale has 5 inhabitants (2026). 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 2022
    +0%
    lower than Leeuwarden (+4%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Leeuwarden
    78%
    about the same as the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +0%
    lower than Leeuwarden (+3%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    100%
    76 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (24%)
  • Never married
    100%
    44 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (56%)
  • Origin outside Europe
    100%
    85 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (15%)
  • GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA), share of the vote
    18%
    5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (13%)

Population per year

The population held steady between 2022 and 2026, at 5.

Residents, 2026
5
  • +0% since 2022
  • Leeuwarden +4%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

Residents per km²: -.

Dwellings per km²40

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, almost no children were born; almost no one died.

2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

100% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 45 to 655

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

100% of residents are never married.

  • Never married5

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

100% of residents have origin outside Europe.

  • Outside Europe5

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

0% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 24 percentage points less than in Leeuwarden (24%).

Key figures
  • Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
    100%
    82 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (18%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    0%
    25 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (25%)
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    0%
    18 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (18%)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    0%
    24 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (24%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2022
    −100 pp
    lower than Leeuwarden (+2 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    8%
    79 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (87%)
  • Retail, share of addresses
    67%
    65 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (2%)
  • Assembly, share of addresses
    4%
    3 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (1%)

Business establishments by sector

Handel en horeca is the largest sector, with 20 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie0
Handel en horeca20
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie0
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening0
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg0
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten0

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

0% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 24% in the municipality of Leeuwarden (2025).

  • Petrol100%
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 100% to 0% between 2022 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
0%24 percentage points below Leeuwarden (24%)
  • -100 pp since 2022
  • 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, 5 passenger cars and 0 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars5
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

8% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is retail (67%).

  • Residential8.2%
  • Retail67.3%
  • Assembly4.1%
  • Industrial6.1%
  • Other16.3%
Explanation

Based on 49 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

06 · Nearby areas

Other neighbourhoods in Leeuwarden

Other neighbourhoods in Leeuwarden
Schieringen1,900€181,00065
Heechterp1,740€151,000120

Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026, Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01, CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025, BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024, Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025, CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022. Figures describe the whole neighbourhood.

How we calculate
Living in De Centrale (Leeuwarden): WOZ, prices & safety