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Living in Wester Boekel

The population is growing faster than in Opmeer.

35 residents, 12 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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Compared with the municipality of Opmeer · newest year available

Location

© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS

01 · Prices & homes

Built between 1965 and 1974: 18%, against 21% in the municipality of Opmeer.

Key figures
  • Built 1965–1974
    18%
    3 percentage points lower than Opmeer (21%)
  • Built before 1945
    9%
    3 percentage points lower than Opmeer (12%)
  • Built 1975–1991
    18%
    3 percentage points lower than Opmeer (21%)
02 · Safety

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

Wester Boekel has too few residents for a reliable rate per 1,000 residents (under 200), so counts are shown instead of a comparison. In 2025, 0 crimes were registered, against 0 in 2021. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

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

Registered crime per year

0 crimes were registered in Wester Boekel in 2025 (0 in 2021).

Registered crimes, 2025
0
  • same as 0 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

03 · Living environment

Living environment

Distance to amenities

A gp practice lies here at an average road distance of 600 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket800 m–
GP practice600 m–
Primary school1,300 m–
Daycare1,200 m–
Large supermarkets–1.1
GP practices–2
Daycares–0.1
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 faster than the Opmeer average.

Wester Boekel has 35 inhabitants (2026), or 342 per km² (12% higher than in Opmeer). In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Opmeer was 83%, 5 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, VVD had the highest share there: 18% of the vote, against 14% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.

Key figures
  • Population growth since 2023
    +17%
    higher than Opmeer (+4%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Opmeer
    83%
    5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    -14%
    lower than Opmeer (+5%)
  • Aged 25 to 45
    33%
    9 percentage points higher than Opmeer (24%)
  • Never married
    50%
    2 percentage points higher than Opmeer (48%)
  • Dutch origin
    100%
    13 percentage points higher than Opmeer (87%)
  • VVD, share of the vote
    18%
    4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)

Population per year

The population grew 17% between 2023 and 2026, to 35.

Residents, 2026
35
  • +17% since 2023
  • Opmeer +4%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 342 residents per km², this buurt is 12% more densely populated than the municipality of Opmeer.

Residents per km²342
Dwellings per km²133.3

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.

2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

33% of residents are between 25 and 45.

  • 0 to 155
  • 25 to 4510
  • 45 to 6510
  • 65 to 805

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

50% of residents are never married.

  • Never married15
  • Married15

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 Opmeer; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 83% of eligible voters in Opmeer voted. The largest party was VVD with 18% of the valid votes.

Municipality of OpmeerThe Netherlands
D66
15.7%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
16.8%
16.7%
VVD
18%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
7.1%
12.8%
CDA
14.9%
11.8%
JA21
7.4%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
7%
4.5%
BBB
6.5%
2.6%
Other
6.6%
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

36% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 15 percentage points more than in Opmeer (21%).

Key figures
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    50%
    25 percentage points higher than Opmeer (25%)
  • Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
    33%
    17 percentage points higher than Opmeer (16%)
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    0%
    13 percentage points lower than Opmeer (13%)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    36%
    15 percentage points higher than Opmeer (21%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2023
    0 pp
    lower than Opmeer (+3 pp)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    79%
    72 percentage points higher than Opmeer (7%)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    20%
    67 percentage points lower than Opmeer (87%)
  • Retail, share of addresses
    9%
    7 percentage points higher than Opmeer (2%)

Business establishments by sector

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

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie15
Handel en horeca10
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie0
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening5
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg0
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten0

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

36% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 21% in the municipality of Opmeer (2025).

  • Petrol63.6%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)36.4%
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 36% to 36% between 2023 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
36%15 percentage points above Opmeer (21%)
  • +0 pp since 2023
  • Opmeer +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, 55 passenger cars and 5 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars55
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

20% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (79%).

  • Residential19.6%
  • Retail8.9%
  • Office1.8%
  • Industrial78.6%
  • Other3.6%
Explanation

Based on 56 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

342 residents per km²: 37% less densely populated than the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²342
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 Opmeer

Other neighbourhoods in Opmeer
Hoogwoud Noord125€641,000–
Koningspade110€636,000–
Langereis120€589,000–
Gouwe250€585,00075
Dokter Pool175€490,000–

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, Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025. Figures describe the whole neighbourhood.

How we calculate
Living in Wester Boekel (Opmeer): WOZ, prices & safety