The population is shrinking, while it grows in Rotterdam. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Rotterdam, and registered crime per resident is lower.
The average WOZ value in Bloemhof is €242,000, 29% lower than in Rotterdam (€342,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 55%, against a rise of 40% in Rotterdam. 17% of the homes are owner-occupied, 18 percentage points less than in Rotterdam (35%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€242,000
▼29% lower than Rotterdam (€342,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+55%
▲higher than Rotterdam (+40%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
17%
▼18 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (35%)
Social housing
60%
▲17 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (43%)
Private rent
23%
▲1 percentage point higher than Rotterdam (22%)
Single-family dwellings
34%
▲9 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (25%)
Built 1975–1991
4%
▼17 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (21%)
Built 1945–1964
0%
▼16 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (16%)
Built 2016 and later
1%
▼5 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (6%)
Average WOZ value
€242,000
▼29% lower than Rotterdam (€342,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+55%
▲higher than Rotterdam (+40%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
17%
▼18 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (35%)
Social housing
60%
▲17 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (43%)
Private rent
23%
▲1 percentage point higher than Rotterdam (22%)
Single-family dwellings
34%
▲9 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (25%)
Built 1975–1991
4%
▼17 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (21%)
Built 1945–1964
0%
▼16 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (16%)
Built 2016 and later
1%
▼5 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (6%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 55% between 2021 and 2025, to €242,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€242,000▼ 29% below Rotterdam
+55% since 2021
Rotterdam +40%
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: ~€226 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€226/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
80 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €242,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€117NL median
Water board levy€38–
Waste levy€35€27
Sewage levy€30€22
Property tax (OZB)€14€21
Costs to set aside€109
Maintenance reserve€102–
Buildings insurance€7–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Rotterdam's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 259th 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 80 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €242,000.
Levies: Rotterdam'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
Bloemhof has the lowest WOZ value of the 9 buurten in Feijenoord.
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: €242,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Bloemhof
242,000
6,348
–
Kop van Zuid
485,000
1,862
–
Kop van Zuid - Entrepot
395,000
4,226
–
Vreewijk
258,000
8,106
–
Hillesluis
243,000
5,197
–
Katendrecht
456,000
3,597
–
Afrikaanderwijk
299,000
3,749
–
Feijenoord
296,000
3,512
–
Noordereiland
369,000
1,975
–
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 60% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied17%
Social housing60%
Private rent23%
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
66% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.
Single-family homes34%
Multi-family homes66%
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
76% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 29% in the municipality of Rotterdam.
Before 194575.6%
1945-19640.5%
1975-19913.8%
1992-200515.8%
2006-20153.5%
2016 and later0.9%
Explanation
Based on 6,307 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 Rotterdam average.
In 2025, 63 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Bloemhof, 20% lower than in Rotterdam (79). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 5%, against a rise of 8% in Rotterdam. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
63
▼20% lower than Rotterdam (79)
Change since 2021
-5%
▼lower than Rotterdam (+8%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
3.3
▲3% higher than Rotterdam (3.2)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
63
▼20% lower than Rotterdam (79)
Change since 2021
-5%
▼lower than Rotterdam (+8%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
3.3
▲3% higher than Rotterdam (3.2)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Bloemhof registered 63 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 79 in the municipality of Rotterdam.
Bloemhof63
The municipality of Rotterdam79
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.
The largest category in Bloemhof is 'Theft and burglary': 15.0 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 34.8 in the municipality of Rotterdam.
BloemhofRotterdam
Theft and burglary15.0
Rotterdam 34.8▼ −57% vs Rotterdam
Traffic14.8
Rotterdam 14.0▲ +6% vs Rotterdam
Violence and threats10.6
Rotterdam 10.7≈ Rotterdam
Vandalism and public order9.5
Rotterdam 8.1▲ +17% vs Rotterdam
Fraud and scams8.1
Rotterdam 6.5▲ +25% vs Rotterdam
Other and withheld4.2
Rotterdam 3.9▲ +8% vs Rotterdam
Environmental0.4
Rotterdam 0.5≈ Rotterdam
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'.
In 2024, police in Bloemhof registered 38 traffic accidents, of which 5 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 Rotterdam average; green space is below the Rotterdam average.
An estimated 55% of adults in Bloemhof rate their own health as good, 12 percentage points less than in Rotterdam. More adults feel lonely (65% against 55%), more smoke (31% against 23%), more report anxiety or depression (64% against 56%) and more are overweight (60% against 53%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Bloemhof, covering 96% of the area, against 38% in Rotterdam.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
55%
▼12 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (67%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
0%
▼10 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (10%)
More figures
Lonely
65%
▲10 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (55%)
Smokes
31%
▲8 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (23%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
64%
▲8 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (56%)
Overweight
60%
▲7 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (53%)
Built-up, share of the area
96%
▲58 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (38%)
Water, share of the area
1%
▼31 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (32%)
Recreation, share of the area
0%
▼8 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (8%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
55%
▼12 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (67%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
0%
▼10 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (10%)
More figures
Lonely
65%
▲10 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (55%)
Smokes
31%
▲8 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (23%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
64%
▲8 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (56%)
Overweight
60%
▲7 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (53%)
Built-up, share of the area
96%
▲58 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (38%)
Water, share of the area
1%
▼31 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (32%)
Recreation, share of the area
0%
▼8 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (8%)
Health
An estimated 55% of adults rate their own health as good, against 67% in the municipality of Rotterdam (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Rotterdam
Good self-rated health
55.3%
67%
Smokes
31.2%
22.9%
Excessive drinking
4.5%
5.4%
Overweight
60.2%
53%
Lonely
64.7%
54.6%
Anxiety or depression feelings
64%
56%
Meets physical activity guideline
42.9%
45.3%
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
0% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 10% in the municipality of Rotterdam.
Traffic2.5%
Built-up96.2%
Water1.3%
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 large supermarket lies here at an average road distance of 400 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
400 m
–
GP practice
600 m
–
Primary school
400 m
–
Daycare
500 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
5
GP practices
–
2.5
Daycares
–
5.6
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 shrinking, while it grows in Rotterdam.
Bloemhof has 13,760 inhabitants (2026), or 17,730 per km² (5.8 times as high as in Rotterdam). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 3%, against a rise of 3% in Rotterdam. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Rotterdam was 63%, 15 percentage points below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 had the highest share there: 18% 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
-3%
▼lower than Rotterdam (+3%)
Turnout, municipality of Rotterdam
63%
▼15 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+0%
▼lower than Rotterdam (+3%)
Aged 25 to 45
33%
▲1 percentage point higher than Rotterdam (32%)
Never married
63%
▲3 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (60%)
Origin outside Europe
64%
▲19 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (45%)
Lower education (primary, vmbo, mbo 1)
47%
▲17 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (30%)
D66, share of the vote
18%
▲1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
-3%
▼lower than Rotterdam (+3%)
Turnout, municipality of Rotterdam
63%
▼15 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+0%
▼lower than Rotterdam (+3%)
Aged 25 to 45
33%
▲1 percentage point higher than Rotterdam (32%)
Never married
63%
▲3 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (60%)
Origin outside Europe
64%
▲19 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (45%)
Lower education (primary, vmbo, mbo 1)
47%
▲17 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (30%)
D66, share of the vote
18%
▲1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population shrank 3% between 2021 and 2026, to 13,760.
Residents, 2026
13,760
-3% since 2021
Rotterdam +3%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 17,730 residents per km², this buurt is 5.8 times as densely populated as the municipality of Rotterdam.
Residents per km²17,730
Dwellings per km²8,138.5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 11.3 children were born per 1,000 residents; 5.5 died per 1,000.
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.
0 to 152,370
15 to 252,025
25 to 454,510
45 to 653,265
65 to 801,295
80 and over290
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
63% of residents are never married.
Never married8,660
Married3,430
Divorced1,255
Widowed410
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
64% of residents have origin outside Europe.
Netherlands2,820
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)2,085
Outside Europe8,855
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Education level of residents aged 15 to 75
47% of residents have a primary, vmbo or mbo1 level education.
Primary, vmbo, mbo15,110
Havo, vwo, mbo2-44,200
Higher professional, university1,480
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Rotterdam; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 63% of eligible voters in Rotterdam voted. The largest party was D66 with 18% of the valid votes.
Municipality of RotterdamThe Netherlands
D66
18%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
14.9%
16.7%
VVD
10.1%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
17.1%
12.8%
CDA
7%
11.8%
JA21
5.7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
3.4%
4.5%
BBB
0.7%
2.6%
Other
23%
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
Bloemhof has an average of 0.6 cars per household, 14% lower than in Rotterdam (0.7). 18% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 7 percentage points less than in Rotterdam (25%).
Key figures
Industry and energy, share of businesses
29%
▲14 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (15%)
Business services, share of businesses
16%
▼11 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (27%)
Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
1%
▼2 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (3%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.6
▼14% lower than Rotterdam (0.7)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
18%
▼7 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (25%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
−1 pp
▼lower than Rotterdam (+5 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
94%
▲3 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (91%)
Healthcare, share of addresses
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (2%)
Industrial, share of addresses
1%
▼2 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (3%)
Owner-occupied dwellings
17%
▼40 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (57%)
Social housing
60%
▲32 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (28%)
Single-family dwellings
34%
▼29 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Industry and energy, share of businesses
29%
▲14 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (15%)
Business services, share of businesses
16%
▼11 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (27%)
Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
1%
▼2 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (3%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.6
▼14% lower than Rotterdam (0.7)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
18%
▼7 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (25%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
−1 pp
▼lower than Rotterdam (+5 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
94%
▲3 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (91%)
Healthcare, share of addresses
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (2%)
Industrial, share of addresses
1%
▼2 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (3%)
Owner-occupied dwellings
17%
▼40 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (57%)
Social housing
60%
▲32 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (28%)
Single-family dwellings
34%
▼29 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Business establishments by sector
Nijverheid en energie is the largest sector, with 575 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij15
Nijverheid en energie575
Handel en horeca305
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie180
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed15
Zakelijke dienstverlening320
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg385
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten185
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
18% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 25% in the municipality of Rotterdam (2025).
Petrol81.8%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)18.2%
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 20% to 18% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
18%▼ 7 percentage points below Rotterdam (25%)
-2 pp since 2021
Rotterdam +5 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, 3,825 passenger cars and 195 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars3,825
Motorcycles195
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
94% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is retail (3%).
Residential94.3%
Retail2.6%
Office0.2%
Assembly0.8%
Healthcare0.1%
Industrial1.2%
Lodging0.5%
Education0.8%
Sports0.1%
Other0.1%
Explanation
Based on 6,688 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
17,730 residents per km²: 33 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.
This areaThe Netherlands
Residents per km²17,730
NL 539▲ +3189% vs NL
Owner-occupied dwellings17%
NL 57%▼ −70% vs NL
Social housing60%
NL 28%▲ +114% vs NL
Single-family dwellings34%
NL 63%▼ −46% vs NL
Multi-family dwellings66%
NL 37%▲ +78% vs NL
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