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Living in Waterhuizen

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Midden-Groningen.

15 residents, 10 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Built between 1945 and 1964: 20%, against 13% in the municipality of Midden-Groningen.

Key figures
  • Built 1945–1964
    20%
    7 percentage points higher than Midden-Groningen (13%)
  • Built 1992–2005
    10%
    5 percentage points lower than Midden-Groningen (15%)
02 · Safety

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

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

Key figures
  • Registered crimes, 2025
    1
    about the same as 1 in 2021
  • Home burglary
    0
    2023–2025

Registered crime per year

1 crimes were registered in Waterhuizen in 2025 (1 in 2021).

Registered crimes, 2025
1
  • same as 1 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 Waterhuizen is 'Traffic': 1 in 2025.

  • Traffic1
  • Theft and burglary0
  • 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'.

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

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2024, police in Waterhuizen registered 5 traffic accidents, of which 3 with injury and none fatal.

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 above the Midden-Groningen average.

Agricultural land is the largest land use in Waterhuizen, covering 33% of the area, against 75% in Midden-Groningen. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 21% of the area, 13 percentage points above the 8% in Midden-Groningen.

Key figures
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    21%
    13 percentage points higher than Midden-Groningen (8%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    33%
    42 percentage points lower than Midden-Groningen (75%)
  • Forest and nature, share of the area
    21%
    15 percentage points higher than Midden-Groningen (6%)
  • Traffic, share of the area
    17%
    15 percentage points higher than Midden-Groningen (2%)

Land use

21% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 8% in the municipality of Midden-Groningen.

  • Traffic16.7%
  • Built-up14.3%
  • Agriculture33.3%
  • Forest and nature21.4%
  • Water14.3%
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 2900 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket3,300 m–
GP practice3,200 m–
Primary school2,900 m–
Daycare3,100 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 Midden-Groningen.

Waterhuizen has 15 inhabitants (2026), or 45 per km² (80% lower than in Midden-Groningen). In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Midden-Groningen was 75%, 3 percentage points below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 23% 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
    -40%
    lower than Midden-Groningen (+1%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Midden-Groningen
    75%
    3 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +0%
    lower than Midden-Groningen (+2%)
  • Aged 25 to 45
    33%
    11 percentage points higher than Midden-Groningen (22%)
  • Never married
    100%
    55 percentage points higher than Midden-Groningen (45%)
  • Dutch origin
    100%
    19 percentage points higher than Midden-Groningen (81%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    23%
    6 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population shrank 40% between 2021 and 2026, to 15.

Residents, 2026
15
  • -40% since 2021
  • Midden-Groningen +1%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 45 residents per km², this buurt is 80% less densely populated than the municipality of Midden-Groningen.

Residents per km²45
Dwellings per km²27.8

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

33% of residents are between 25 and 45.

  • 25 to 455
  • 45 to 655
  • 65 to 805

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

100% of residents are never married.

  • Never married15

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

100% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands15

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Midden-Groningen; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 75% of eligible voters in Midden-Groningen voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 23% of the valid votes.

Municipality of Midden-GroningenThe Netherlands
D66
12.9%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
22.7%
16.7%
VVD
13%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
12.4%
12.8%
CDA
9.4%
11.8%
JA21
3.9%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
5.9%
4.5%
BBB
4.6%
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

33% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 10 percentage points more than in Midden-Groningen (23%).

Key figures
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    33%
    10 percentage points higher than Midden-Groningen (23%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +33 pp
    higher than Midden-Groningen (+4 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    48%
    38 percentage points lower than Midden-Groningen (86%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    33%
    27 percentage points higher than Midden-Groningen (6%)
  • Office, share of addresses
    19%
    18 percentage points higher than Midden-Groningen (1%)

Passenger cars by fuel type

33% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 23% in the municipality of Midden-Groningen (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 0% to 33% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
33%10 percentage points above Midden-Groningen (23%)
  • +33 pp since 2021
  • Midden-Groningen +3 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 5 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars15
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

48% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (33%).

  • Residential47.6%
  • Office19%
  • Industrial33.3%
  • Other9.5%
Explanation

Based on 21 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

45 residents per km²: 92% less densely populated than the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²45
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

06 · Nearby areas

Other neighbourhoods in Midden-Groningen

Other neighbourhoods in Midden-Groningen
Westerbroek Buitengebied470€383,00026
Westerbroek400€330,00020
Westerbroek Recreatiegebied0––
Westerbroek Industriegebied10––

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, CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022. Figures describe the whole neighbourhood.

How we calculate
Living in Waterhuizen (Midden-Groningen): WOZ, prices & safety