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Living in Witte Dorp

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.

580 residents, 236 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Rotterdam average.

The average WOZ value in Witte Dorp is €262,000, 23% lower than in Rotterdam (€342,000). Between 2023 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 5%, against a rise of 7% in Rotterdam. 22% of the homes are owner-occupied, 13 percentage points less than in Rotterdam (35%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €262,000
    23% lower than Rotterdam (€342,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2023
    +5%
    lower than Rotterdam (+7%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    22%
    13 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (35%)
  • Social housing
    77%
    34 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (43%)
  • Private rent
    0%
    22 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (22%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    96%
    71 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (25%)
  • Built 1992–2005
    25%
    13 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (12%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 5% between 2023 and 2025, to €262,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€262,00023% below Rotterdam
  • +5% since 2023
  • Rotterdam +7%
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: ~€244 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€244/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 91 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €262,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€120NL median
  • Water board levy€39–
  • Waste levy€35€27
  • Sewage levy€30€22
  • Property tax (OZB)€16€23
Costs to set aside€124
  • Maintenance reserve€116–
  • Buildings insurance€8–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Rotterdam's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 254th 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 91 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €262,000.
  • 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

Witte Dorp has the 3rd-lowest WOZ value of the 9 buurten in Delfshaven.

Netherlands€398,000
Rotterdam€342,000
Delfshaven€325,000
Middelland€399,000
Schiemond€381,000
Nieuwe Westen€378,000
Bospolder€299,000
Spangen€289,000
Delfshaven€281,000
Witte Dorp€262,000

Tussendijken€262,000
Oud Mathenesse€214,000
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: €262,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Witte Dorp262,000236–
Delfshaven281,0003,766–
Bospolder299,0003,529–
Tussendijken262,0003,560–
Spangen289,0004,173–
Nieuwe Westen378,0008,693–
Middelland399,0005,898–
Oud Mathenesse214,0003,815–
Schiemond381,0003,024–
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 77% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied22%
  • Social housing77%
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

96% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes96%
  • Multi-family homes4%
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

75% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 21% in the municipality of Rotterdam.

  • 1975-199175%
  • 1992-200525%
Explanation

Based on 236 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, 50 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Witte Dorp, 37% lower than in Rotterdam (79). Since 2023 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 4%, against a fall of 3% in Rotterdam. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    50
    37% lower than Rotterdam (79)
  • Change since 2023
    -4%
    lower than Rotterdam (-3%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    5.6
    75% higher than Rotterdam (3.2)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Witte Dorp registered 50 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 79 in the municipality of Rotterdam.

Witte Dorp50
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.

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

Registered crime per year

In 2025, Witte Dorp registered 50 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 79 in the municipality of Rotterdam.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
5037% below Rotterdam
  • -4% since 2023
  • Rotterdam -3%
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 Witte Dorp is 'Theft and burglary': 20.7 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 34.8 in the municipality of Rotterdam.

Witte DorpRotterdam
  • Theft and burglary20.7
  • Violence and threats8.6
  • Fraud and scams8.6
  • Vandalism and public order5.2
  • Traffic3.4
  • Other and withheld3.4
  • 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: 5.6 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 3.2 in the municipality of Rotterdam.

Witte Dorp5.65
The municipality of Rotterdam3.2
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 2022, police in Witte Dorp registered 1 traffic accidents, of which 0 with injury and none fatal.

2022
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) 2022

03 · Living environment

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

An estimated 54% of adults in Witte Dorp rate their own health as good, 13 percentage points less than in Rotterdam. More adults are overweight (65% against 53%), more feel lonely (65% against 55%) and more report anxiety or depression (61% against 56%), but fewer meet the physical activity guideline (35% against 45%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Witte Dorp, covering 100% of the area, against 38% in Rotterdam.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    54%
    13 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (67%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    0%
    10 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (10%)
  • More figures
  • Overweight
    65%
    12 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (53%)
  • Lonely
    65%
    10 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (55%)
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    35%
    10 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (45%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    61%
    5 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (56%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    100%
    62 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (38%)
  • Water, share of the area
    0%
    32 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (32%)
  • Recreation, share of the area
    0%
    8 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (8%)

Health

An estimated 54% 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
53.8%
67%
Smokes
22.7%
22.9%
Excessive drinking
4.5%
5.4%
Overweight
65.3%
53%
Lonely
65%
54.6%
Anxiety or depression feelings
61.1%
56%
Meets physical activity guideline
35.1%
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.

  • Built-up100%
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 500 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket700 m–
GP practice900 m–
Primary school700 m–
Daycare500 m–
Large supermarkets–1.2
GP practices–1
Daycares–5.3
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 Rotterdam.

Witte Dorp has 580 inhabitants (2026), or 13,377 per km² (4.4 times as high as in Rotterdam). Between 2023 and 2026 the population fell 3%, against a rise of 1% 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 2023
    -3%
    lower than Rotterdam (+1%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Rotterdam
    63%
    15 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +0%
    lower than Rotterdam (+2%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    29%
    5 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (24%)
  • Never married
    51%
    9 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (60%)
  • Origin outside Europe
    64%
    19 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (45%)
  • Lower education (primary, vmbo, mbo 1)
    73%
    43 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 2023 and 2026, to 580.

Residents, 2026
580
  • -3% since 2023
  • Rotterdam +1%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 13,377 residents per km², this buurt is 4.4 times as densely populated as the municipality of Rotterdam.

Residents per km²13,377
Dwellings per km²5,900

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 8.6 children were born per 1,000 residents; 8.6 died per 1,000.

2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

29% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 15105
  • 15 to 2570
  • 25 to 45120
  • 45 to 65165
  • 65 to 80100
  • 80 and over15

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

51% of residents are never married.

  • Never married295
  • Married200
  • Divorced55
  • Widowed30

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

64% of residents have origin outside Europe.

  • Netherlands170
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)40
  • Outside Europe370

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

73% of residents have a primary, vmbo or mbo1 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1220
  • Higher professional, university80

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

Witte Dorp has an average of 0.7 cars per household, about the same as in Rotterdam (0.7). 14% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 11 percentage points less than in Rotterdam (25%).

Key figures
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    27%
    12 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (15%)
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    27%
    8 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (19%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    18%
    9 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (27%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    0.7
    about the same as Rotterdam (0.7)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    14%
    11 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (25%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2023
    −5 pp
    lower than Rotterdam (+4 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    100%
    9 percentage points higher than Rotterdam (91%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    0%
    3 percentage points lower than Rotterdam (3%)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    4%
    33 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Social housing
    77%
    49 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (28%)
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    22%
    35 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (57%)

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 dienstverlening10
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg15
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten5

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

14% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 25% in the municipality of Rotterdam (2025).

  • Petrol86.1%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)13.9%
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 14% between 2023 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
14%11 percentage points below Rotterdam (25%)
  • -4 pp since 2023
  • Rotterdam +4 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, 180 passenger cars and 5 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars180
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

100% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (0.4%).

  • Residential99.6%
  • Industrial0.4%
Explanation

Based on 237 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

13,377 residents per km²: 25 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²13,377
  • Multi-family dwellings4%
  • Social housing77%
  • Owner-occupied dwellings22%
  • Single-family dwellings96%
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 Rotterdam

Other neighbourhoods in Rotterdam
Middelland11,450€399,00082
Schiemond6,535€381,00049
Nieuwe Westen19,080€378,00063
Bospolder7,585€299,00097
Spangen10,155€289,00068

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) 2022, 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 Witte Dorp (Rotterdam): WOZ, prices & safety