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Living in Oost

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Ridderkerk. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Ridderkerk, and registered crime per resident is lower.

6,130 residents, 2,809 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Ridderkerk average.

The average WOZ value in Oost is €323,000, 7% lower than in Ridderkerk (€346,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 35%, the same as in Ridderkerk. 53% of the homes are owner-occupied, 5 percentage points less than in Ridderkerk (58%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €323,000
    7% lower than Ridderkerk (€346,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +35%
    about the same as Ridderkerk (+35%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    53%
    5 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (58%)
  • Social housing
    43%
    5 percentage points higher than Ridderkerk (38%)
  • Private rent
    5%
    about the same as Ridderkerk (5%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    48%
    8 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (56%)
  • Built 1975–1991
    0%
    22 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (22%)
  • Built 2016 and later
    0%
    8 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (8%)
  • Built 2006–2015
    1%
    6 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (7%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 35% between 2021 and 2025, to €323,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€323,0007% below Ridderkerk
  • +35% since 2021
  • Ridderkerk +35%
Explanation

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

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Modelled ownership costs

Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€259 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€259/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 101 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €323,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€121NL median
  • Water board levy€41–
  • Waste levy€32€27
  • Property tax (OZB)€25€28
  • Sewage levy€23€22
Costs to set aside€138
  • Maintenance reserve€129–
  • Buildings insurance€9–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Ridderkerk's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 185th 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 101 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €323,000.
  • Levies: Ridderkerk'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

Average WOZ value: €323,000

Netherlands€398,000
Ridderkerk€346,000
Oost€323,000
Oost€323,000
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)

Dwellings by ownership

The largest category is owner-occupied, at 53% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied53%
  • Social housing43%
  • Private rent5%
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

52% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.

  • Single-family homes48%
  • Multi-family homes52%
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

67% of dwellings were built between 1965 and 1974, against 25% in the municipality of Ridderkerk.

  • Before 19457.1%
  • 1945-196414.6%
  • 1965-197466.9%
  • 1975-19910.5%
  • 1992-20059.3%
  • 2006-20151.5%
  • 2016 and later0.2%
Explanation

Based on 2,809 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

Less registered crime per resident than the Ridderkerk average.

In 2025, 24 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Oost, 35% lower than in Ridderkerk (37). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 5%, against a fall of 6% in Ridderkerk. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    24
    35% lower than Ridderkerk (37)
  • Change since 2021
    -5%
    about the same as Ridderkerk (-6%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    2.3
    35% higher than Ridderkerk (1.7)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Oost registered 24 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 37 in the municipality of Ridderkerk.

Oost24
The municipality of Ridderkerk37
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, Oost registered 24 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 37 in the municipality of Ridderkerk.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
2435% below Ridderkerk
  • -5% since 2021
  • Ridderkerk -6%
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 Oost is 'Theft and burglary': 9.4 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 16.0 in the municipality of Ridderkerk.

OostRidderkerk
  • Theft and burglary9.4
  • Vandalism and public order4.0
  • Traffic3.7
  • Violence and threats3.4
  • Fraud and scams3.2
  • Other and withheld0.3
  • 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: 2.3 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 1.7 in the municipality of Ridderkerk.

Oost2.25
The municipality of Ridderkerk1.7
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 Oost registered 53 traffic accidents, of which 11 with injury and 1 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 Ridderkerk average; green space is above the Ridderkerk average.

An estimated 68% of adults in Oost rate their own health as good, 2 percentage points less than in Ridderkerk. More adults feel lonely (50% against 47%), more smoke (19% against 17%), more report anxiety or depression (50% against 48%) and more are overweight (60% against 59%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Oost, covering 65% of the area, against 38% in Ridderkerk. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 16% of the area, 2 percentage points above the 14% in Ridderkerk.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    68%
    2 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (70%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    16%
    2 percentage points higher than Ridderkerk (14%)
  • More figures
  • Lonely
    50%
    3 percentage points higher than Ridderkerk (47%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    50%
    2 percentage points higher than Ridderkerk (48%)
  • Smokes
    19%
    2 percentage points higher than Ridderkerk (17%)
  • Overweight
    60%
    1 percentage point higher than Ridderkerk (59%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    65%
    27 percentage points higher than Ridderkerk (38%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    7%
    22 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (29%)
  • Water, share of the area
    0%
    7 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (7%)

Health

An estimated 68% of adults rate their own health as good, against 70% in the municipality of Ridderkerk (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Ridderkerk
Good self-rated health
67.7%
69.9%
Smokes
18.6%
17%
Excessive drinking
4.6%
4.9%
Overweight
60%
58.7%
Lonely
50.3%
47%
Anxiety or depression feelings
49.8%
47.5%
Meets physical activity guideline
38.1%
38.9%
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

16% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 14% in the municipality of Ridderkerk.

  • Traffic12.8%
  • Built-up64.7%
  • Recreation14.3%
  • Agriculture6.8%
  • Forest and nature1.5%
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 primary school lies here at an average road distance of 400 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket500 m–
GP practice600 m–
Primary school400 m–
Daycare400 m–
Large supermarkets–2.8
GP practices–2.8
Daycares–4.3
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 Ridderkerk.

Oost has 6,130 inhabitants (2026), or 4,660 per km² (2.3 times as high as in Ridderkerk). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 2%, against a rise of 3% in Ridderkerk. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Ridderkerk 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: 22% 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
    -2%
    lower than Ridderkerk (+3%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Ridderkerk
    75%
    3 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +0%
    lower than Ridderkerk (+3%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    25%
    about the same as Ridderkerk (25%)
  • Never married
    48%
    3 percentage points higher than Ridderkerk (45%)
  • Dutch origin
    69%
    5 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (74%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    45%
    about the same as Ridderkerk (45%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    22%
    5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population shrank 2% between 2021 and 2026, to 6,130.

Residents, 2026
6,130
  • -2% since 2021
  • Ridderkerk +3%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 4,660 residents per km², this buurt is 2.3 times as densely populated as the municipality of Ridderkerk.

Residents per km²4,660
Dwellings per km²2,128

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 8.9 children were born per 1,000 residents; 7.3 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

25% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 15995
  • 15 to 25740
  • 25 to 451,445
  • 45 to 651,540
  • 65 to 80980
  • 80 and over430

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

48% of residents are never married.

  • Never married2,915
  • Married2,350
  • Divorced480
  • Widowed385

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

69% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands4,255
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)330
  • Outside Europe1,545

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

45% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo11,520
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-41,970
  • Higher professional, university910

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Ridderkerk; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 75% of eligible voters in Ridderkerk voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 22% of the valid votes.

Municipality of RidderkerkThe Netherlands
D66
10.7%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
22.4%
16.7%
VVD
11.6%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
7.1%
12.8%
CDA
12.6%
11.8%
JA21
8.2%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
5.2%
4.5%
BBB
1.1%
2.6%
Other
21.1%
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

Oost has an average of 1.0 cars per household, 9% lower than in Ridderkerk (1.1). 16% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 5 percentage points less than in Ridderkerk (21%).

Key figures
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    20%
    6 percentage points higher than Ridderkerk (14%)
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    23%
    5 percentage points higher than Ridderkerk (18%)
  • Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
    15%
    4 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (19%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.0
    9% lower than Ridderkerk (1.1)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    16%
    5 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (21%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +6 pp
    lower than Ridderkerk (+8 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    80%
    4 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (84%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    1%
    4 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (5%)
  • Office, share of addresses
    1%
    2 percentage points lower than Ridderkerk (3%)
  • Private rent
    5%
    9 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
  • Social housing
    43%
    15 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (28%)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    52%
    15 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)

Business establishments by sector

Nijverheid en energie is the largest sector, with 125 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij5
Nijverheid en energie125
Handel en horeca80
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie45
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed15
Zakelijke dienstverlening115
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg110
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten50

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

16% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 21% in the municipality of Ridderkerk (2025).

  • Petrol83.9%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)16.1%
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 10% to 16% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
16%5 percentage points below Ridderkerk (21%)
  • +6 pp since 2021
  • Ridderkerk +8 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, 2,830 passenger cars and 240 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars2,830
Motorcycles240
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

80% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (1%).

  • Residential79.9%
  • Retail1.1%
  • Office1%
  • Assembly0.5%
  • Healthcare0.3%
  • Industrial1.5%
  • Education0.2%
  • Sports0.2%
  • Other18.6%
Explanation

Based on 3,517 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

4,660 residents per km²: 8.6 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²4,660
  • Private rent5%
  • Social housing43%
  • Multi-family dwellings52%
  • Single-family dwellings48%
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

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.

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Living in Oost (Ridderkerk): WOZ, prices & safety