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Living in Schepenbuurt

The population is growing slower than in Leeuwarden. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Leeuwarden, and registered crime per resident is higher.

950 residents, 690 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Leeuwarden average.

The average WOZ value in Schepenbuurt is €98,000. Between 2021 and 2023 the average WOZ value rose 31%, against a rise of 27% in Leeuwarden. 0% of the homes are owner-occupied, 51 percentage points less than in Leeuwarden (51%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €98,000
    63% lower than Leeuwarden (€263,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +31%
    higher than Leeuwarden (+27%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    0%
    51 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (51%)
  • Social housing
    100%
    72 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (28%)
  • Private rent
    0%
    21 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (21%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    8%
    55 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (63%)
  • Built before 1945
    0%
    27 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (27%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    38%
    22 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (16%)
  • Built 1975–1991
    2%
    19 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (21%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 31% between 2021 and 2023, to €98,000.

Average WOZ value, 2023
€98,00058% below Leeuwarden
  • +31% since 2021
  • Leeuwarden +27%
Explanation

The WOZ value as struck on 1 January of the year before the KWB edition.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2023

Modelled ownership costs

Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€164 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€164/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 58 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €98,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€85NL median
  • Water board levy€34–
  • Waste levy€26€27
  • Sewage levy€16€22
  • Property tax (OZB)€9€9
Costs to set aside€79
  • Maintenance reserve€74–
  • Buildings insurance€5–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Leeuwarden's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 49th 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 58 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €98,000.
  • Levies: Leeuwarden'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

Schepenbuurt has the lowest WOZ value of the 9 buurten in Potmargezone.

Netherlands€398,000
Leeuwarden€263,000
Potmargezone€215,000
Huizum-Dorp€329,000
Oranjewijk€253,000
Wielenpôlle€222,000
Achter de Hoven€209,000
Tulpenburg€202,000
Huizum-Badweg€191,000
Huizum-Bornia€190,000
Huizum-Sixma€151,000
Schepenbuurt€98,000
Explanation

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: €98,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Schepenbuurt98,000690–
Tulpenburg202,000471–
Oranjewijk253,000631–
Achter de Hoven209,0001,233–
Wielenpôlle222,000208–
Huizum-Dorp329,000446–
Huizum-Sixma151,000202–
Huizum-Bornia190,000724–
Huizum-Badweg191,000179–
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 100% of dwellings.

  • Social housing100%
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

92% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.

  • Single-family homes8%
  • Multi-family homes92%
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

60% of dwellings were built between 1945 and 1964, against 13% in the municipality of Leeuwarden.

  • Before 19450.3%
  • 1945-196459.6%
  • 1965-197437.8%
  • 1975-19912.3%
Explanation

Based on 690 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

More registered crime per resident than the Leeuwarden average.

In 2025, 74 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Schepenbuurt, 37% higher than in Leeuwarden (54). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 45%, against a rise of 16% in Leeuwarden. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    74
    37% higher than Leeuwarden (54)
  • Change since 2021
    +45%
    higher than Leeuwarden (+16%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    2.9
    31% lower than Leeuwarden (4.2)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Schepenbuurt registered 74 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 54 in the municipality of Leeuwarden.

Schepenbuurt74
The municipality of Leeuwarden54
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.

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

Registered crime per year

In 2025, Schepenbuurt registered 74 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 54 in the municipality of Leeuwarden.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
7437% above Leeuwarden
  • +45% since 2021
  • Leeuwarden +16%
Explanation

Registered crime, not all crime — CBS/Politie 47018NED. A year without a matching population figure (KWB) is left out.

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

Crime by category

The largest category in Schepenbuurt is 'Theft and burglary': 24.3 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 25.3 in the municipality of Leeuwarden.

SchepenbuurtLeeuwarden
  • Theft and burglary24.3
  • Traffic16.9
  • Fraud and scams14.8
  • Vandalism and public order11.6
  • Violence and threats4.2
  • Other and withheld2.1
  • Environmental0.0
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'.

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

Home burglary

Home burglary 2023-2025: 2.9 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 4.2 in the municipality of Leeuwarden.

Schepenbuurt2.9
The municipality of Leeuwarden4.2
Explanation

Averaged over 3 years (2023-2025) to dampen year-to-year noise at low counts.

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

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2024, police in Schepenbuurt registered 2 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

Residents rate their health below the Leeuwarden average; green space is below the Leeuwarden average.

An estimated 60% of adults in Schepenbuurt rate their own health as good, 13 percentage points less than in Leeuwarden. More adults feel lonely (64% against 48%), more report anxiety or depression (61% against 46%), more smoke (31% against 19%) and more are overweight (54% against 50%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Schepenbuurt, covering 75% of the area, against 11% in Leeuwarden. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 6% of the area, 3 percentage points below the 9% in Leeuwarden.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    60%
    13 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (73%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    6%
    3 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (9%)
  • More figures
  • Lonely
    64%
    16 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (48%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    61%
    15 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (46%)
  • Smokes
    31%
    12 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (19%)
  • Overweight
    54%
    4 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (50%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    0%
    69 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (69%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    75%
    64 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (11%)
  • Water, share of the area
    16%
    9 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (7%)

Health

An estimated 60% of adults rate their own health as good, against 73% in the municipality of Leeuwarden (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Leeuwarden
Good self-rated health
60.2%
73.2%
Smokes
31.2%
19.4%
Excessive drinking
4.7%
5.6%
Overweight
53.9%
49.9%
Lonely
63.8%
48.2%
Anxiety or depression feelings
60.9%
46.1%
Meets physical activity guideline
55.5%
52.6%
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

6% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 9% in the municipality of Leeuwarden.

  • Traffic1.4%
  • Built-up75.4%
  • Other built-up1.4%
  • Recreation5.8%
  • Water15.9%
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 200 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket900 m–
GP practice800 m–
Primary school1,400 m–
Daycare200 m–
Large supermarkets–2.1
GP practices–2
Daycares–1.6
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 slower than the Leeuwarden average.

Schepenbuurt has 950 inhabitants (2026), or 1,623 per km² (3.0 times as high as in Leeuwarden). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 3%, against a rise of 5% 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
    +3%
    lower than Leeuwarden (+5%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Leeuwarden
    78%
    about the same as the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    -3%
    lower than Leeuwarden (+4%)
  • Aged 25 to 45
    36%
    9 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (27%)
  • Never married
    70%
    14 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (56%)
  • Dutch origin
    50%
    27 percentage points lower 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 grew 3% between 2021 and 2026, to 950.

Residents, 2026
950
  • +3% since 2021
  • Leeuwarden +5%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 1,623 residents per km², this buurt is 3.0 times as densely populated as the municipality of Leeuwarden.

Residents per km²1,623
Dwellings per km²1,189.7

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 10.6 children were born per 1,000 residents; 26.5 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

36% of residents are between 25 and 45.

  • 0 to 15160
  • 15 to 25115
  • 25 to 45340
  • 45 to 65170
  • 65 to 8095
  • 80 and over65

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

70% of residents are never married.

  • Never married660
  • Married135
  • Divorced100
  • Widowed50

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

50% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands470
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)55
  • Outside Europe420

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

Schepenbuurt has an average of 0.5 cars per household, 44% lower than in Leeuwarden (0.9). 15% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 9 percentage points less than in Leeuwarden (24%).

Key figures
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    30%
    18 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (12%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    10%
    15 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (25%)
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    30%
    12 percentage points higher than Leeuwarden (18%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    0.5
    44% lower than Leeuwarden (0.9)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    15%
    9 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (24%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    −2 pp
    lower than Leeuwarden (+2 pp)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    2%
    3 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (5%)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    85%
    2 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (87%)
  • Retail, share of addresses
    0%
    2 percentage points lower than Leeuwarden (2%)
  • Average WOZ value
    €98,000
    73% lower than the Netherlands (€368,000)
  • Social housing
    100%
    72 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (28%)
  • Residents per km²
    1,623
    3.0 times as high as the Netherlands (539)

Business establishments by sector

Nijverheid en energie is the largest sector, with 15 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie15
Handel en horeca5
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie5
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening5
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg15
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten5

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

15% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 24% in the municipality of Leeuwarden (2025).

  • Petrol84.8%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)15.2%
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 18% to 15% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
15%9 percentage points below Leeuwarden (24%)
  • -3 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, 230 passenger cars and 5 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars230
Motorcycles5
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

85% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (2%).

  • Residential85%
  • Retail0.2%
  • Office0.7%
  • Assembly0.2%
  • Healthcare0.1%
  • Industrial2.1%
  • Other12.4%
Explanation

Based on 812 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

8% single-family dwellings, against 63% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Single-family dwellings8%
  • Average WOZ value€98,000
  • Social housing100%
  • Residents per km²1,623
  • Multi-family dwellings92%
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

06 · Nearby areas

Other neighbourhoods in Leeuwarden

Other neighbourhoods in Leeuwarden
Huizum-Dorp1,015€329,00028
Oranjewijk1,265€253,00064
Wielenpôlle705€222,000314
Achter de Hoven2,365€209,00044
Tulpenburg595€202,00092

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

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