The population is growing about as fast as in Schagen. Homes cost more than the average in the municipality of Schagen, and registered crime per resident is higher.
The average WOZ value in Witte Paal is €536,000, 44% higher than in Schagen (€372,000). Between 2022 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 14%, against a rise of 20% in Schagen. 91% of the homes are owner-occupied, 21 percentage points more than in Schagen (70%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€536,000
▲44% higher than Schagen (€372,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2022
+14%
▼lower than Schagen (+20%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
91%
▲21 percentage points higher than Schagen (70%)
Social housing
0%
▼21 percentage points lower than Schagen (21%)
Private rent
9%
=about the same as Schagen (9%)
Single-family dwellings
93%
▲11 percentage points higher than Schagen (82%)
Built 1975–1991
35%
▲14 percentage points higher than Schagen (21%)
Built before 1945
2%
▼11 percentage points lower than Schagen (13%)
Built 1945–1964
2%
▼6 percentage points lower than Schagen (8%)
Average WOZ value
€536,000
▲44% higher than Schagen (€372,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2022
+14%
▼lower than Schagen (+20%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
91%
▲21 percentage points higher than Schagen (70%)
Social housing
0%
▼21 percentage points lower than Schagen (21%)
Private rent
9%
=about the same as Schagen (9%)
Single-family dwellings
93%
▲11 percentage points higher than Schagen (82%)
Built 1975–1991
35%
▲14 percentage points higher than Schagen (21%)
Built before 1945
2%
▼11 percentage points lower than Schagen (13%)
Built 1945–1964
2%
▼6 percentage points lower than Schagen (8%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 14% between 2022 and 2025, to €536,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€536,000▲ 44% above Schagen
+14% since 2022
Schagen +20%
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: ~€533 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€533/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
274 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €536,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€159NL median
Property tax (OZB)€56€47
Water board levy€47–
Waste levy€32€27
Sewage levy€24€22
Costs to set aside€374
Maintenance reserve€349–
Buildings insurance€25–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Schagen's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 275th 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 274 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €536,000.
Levies: Schagen'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 Paal has the highest WOZ value of the 4 buurten in Schagen-Zuid.
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: €536,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Witte Paal
536,000
123
–
Muggenburg
305,000
961
–
Muggenburg-Zuid
292,000
11
–
Tolke en Buitengebied
409,000
18
–
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 owner-occupied, at 91% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied91%
Private rent9%
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
93% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.
Single-family homes93%
Multi-family homes7%
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
43% of dwellings were built between 1992 and 2005, against 18% in the municipality of Schagen.
Before 19452.4%
1945-19642.4%
1975-199135%
1992-200543.1%
2006-20156.5%
2016 and later10.6%
Explanation
Based on 123 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
More registered crime per resident than the Schagen average.
In 2025, 139 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Witte Paal, 4.0 times as high as in Schagen (35). Since 2022 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 17%, against a fall of 5% in Schagen. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
139
▲4.0 times as high as Schagen (35)
Change since 2022
+17%
▲higher than Schagen (-5%)
Home burglary
0
2023–2025
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
139
▲4.0 times as high as Schagen (35)
Change since 2022
+17%
▲higher than Schagen (-5%)
Home burglary
0
2023–2025
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Witte Paal registered 139 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 35 in the municipality of Schagen.
Witte Paal139
The municipality of Schagen35
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 Witte Paal is 'Theft and burglary': 64.4 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 13.2 in the municipality of Schagen.
Witte PaalSchagen
Theft and burglary64.4
Schagen 13.2▲ +388% vs Schagen
Traffic40.7
Schagen 8.8▲ +362% vs Schagen
Vandalism and public order16.9
Schagen 3.7▲ +357% vs Schagen
Violence and threats6.8
Schagen 3.2▲ +112% vs Schagen
Fraud and scams6.8
Schagen 4.6▲ +48% vs Schagen
Other and withheld3.4
Schagen 0.9▲ +278% vs Schagen
Environmental0.0
Schagen 0.0
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'.
In 2024, police in Witte Paal registered 5 traffic accidents, of which 1 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 above the Schagen average; green space is below the Schagen average.
An estimated 81% of adults in Witte Paal rate their own health as good, 6 percentage points more than in Schagen. Fewer adults report anxiety or depression (35% against 41%), fewer feel lonely (38% against 43%) and fewer smoke (12% against 15%), but more meet the physical activity guideline (55% against 50%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Witte Paal, covering 78% of the area, against 7% in Schagen. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 7% of the area, 4 percentage points below the 11% in Schagen.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
81%
▲6 percentage points higher than Schagen (75%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
7%
▼4 percentage points lower than Schagen (11%)
More figures
Lonely
38%
▼5 percentage points lower than Schagen (43%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
35%
▼6 percentage points lower than Schagen (41%)
Meets physical activity guideline
55%
▲5 percentage points higher than Schagen (50%)
Smokes
12%
▼3 percentage points lower than Schagen (15%)
Built-up, share of the area
78%
▲71 percentage points higher than Schagen (7%)
Agriculture, share of the area
6%
▼62 percentage points lower than Schagen (68%)
Water, share of the area
1%
▼9 percentage points lower than Schagen (10%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
81%
▲6 percentage points higher than Schagen (75%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
7%
▼4 percentage points lower than Schagen (11%)
More figures
Lonely
38%
▼5 percentage points lower than Schagen (43%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
35%
▼6 percentage points lower than Schagen (41%)
Meets physical activity guideline
55%
▲5 percentage points higher than Schagen (50%)
Smokes
12%
▼3 percentage points lower than Schagen (15%)
Built-up, share of the area
78%
▲71 percentage points higher than Schagen (7%)
Agriculture, share of the area
6%
▼62 percentage points lower than Schagen (68%)
Water, share of the area
1%
▼9 percentage points lower than Schagen (10%)
Health
An estimated 81% of adults rate their own health as good, against 75% in the municipality of Schagen (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Schagen
Good self-rated health
80.9%
75.1%
Smokes
12%
14.6%
Excessive drinking
7%
6.2%
Overweight
49.7%
52.2%
Lonely
37.5%
43.3%
Anxiety or depression feelings
35.2%
40.8%
Meets physical activity guideline
55.4%
50.5%
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
7% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 11% in the municipality of Schagen.
Traffic7.2%
Built-up78.3%
Recreation1.2%
Agriculture6%
Forest and nature6%
Water1.2%
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 800 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
2,000 m
–
GP practice
1,200 m
–
Primary school
2,000 m
–
Daycare
800 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
0
GP practices
–
0.5
Daycares
–
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 about as fast as the Schagen average.
Witte Paal has 280 inhabitants (2026), or 346 per km² (19% higher than in Schagen). Between 2022 and 2026 the population rose 4%, the same as in Schagen. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Schagen was 82%, 4 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, VVD had the highest share there: 19% of the vote, against 14% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.
Key figures
Population growth since 2022
+4%
=about the same as Schagen (+4%)
Turnout, municipality of Schagen
82%
▲4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+11%
▲higher than Schagen (+5%)
Aged 45 to 65
34%
▲7 percentage points higher than Schagen (27%)
Married
53%
▲13 percentage points higher than Schagen (40%)
Dutch origin
95%
▲10 percentage points higher than Schagen (85%)
Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
53%
▲6 percentage points higher than Schagen (47%)
VVD, share of the vote
19%
▲5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Population growth since 2022
+4%
=about the same as Schagen (+4%)
Turnout, municipality of Schagen
82%
▲4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+11%
▲higher than Schagen (+5%)
Aged 45 to 65
34%
▲7 percentage points higher than Schagen (27%)
Married
53%
▲13 percentage points higher than Schagen (40%)
Dutch origin
95%
▲10 percentage points higher than Schagen (85%)
Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
53%
▲6 percentage points higher than Schagen (47%)
VVD, share of the vote
19%
▲5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Population per year
The population grew 4% between 2022 and 2026, to 280.
Residents, 2026
280
+4% since 2022
Schagen +4%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 346 residents per km², this buurt is 19% more densely populated than the municipality of Schagen.
Residents per km²346
Dwellings per km²151.9
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, almost no children were born; 16.9 died per 1,000.
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
34% of residents are between 45 and 65.
0 to 1520
15 to 2530
25 to 4545
45 to 6595
65 to 8075
80 and over15
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
53% of residents are married.
Never married100
Married150
Divorced25
Widowed10
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
95% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands265
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)5
Outside Europe10
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Education level of residents aged 15 to 75
53% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.
Primary, vmbo, mbo190
Havo, vwo, mbo2-4100
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Schagen; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 82% of eligible voters in Schagen voted. The largest party was VVD with 19% of the valid votes.
Municipality of SchagenThe Netherlands
D66
16.8%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
15.2%
16.7%
VVD
19%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
10.3%
12.8%
CDA
12.2%
11.8%
JA21
7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
6.6%
4.5%
BBB
4.7%
2.6%
Other
8.1%
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
36% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 13 percentage points more than in Schagen (23%).
Key figures
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
29%
▲12 percentage points higher than Schagen (17%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
0%
▼7 percentage points lower than Schagen (7%)
Business services, share of businesses
15%
▼7 percentage points lower than Schagen (22%)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
36%
▲13 percentage points higher than Schagen (23%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2022
+2 pp
▼lower than Schagen (+4 pp)
Industrial, share of addresses
65%
▲58 percentage points higher than Schagen (7%)
Residential, share of addresses
32%
▼42 percentage points lower than Schagen (74%)
Office, share of addresses
18%
▲17 percentage points higher than Schagen (1%)
Owner-occupied dwellings
91%
▲34 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
Residents per km²
346
▼36% lower than the Netherlands (539)
Private rent
9%
▼5 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
29%
▲12 percentage points higher than Schagen (17%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
0%
▼7 percentage points lower than Schagen (7%)
Business services, share of businesses
15%
▼7 percentage points lower than Schagen (22%)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
36%
▲13 percentage points higher than Schagen (23%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2022
+2 pp
▼lower than Schagen (+4 pp)
Industrial, share of addresses
65%
▲58 percentage points higher than Schagen (7%)
Residential, share of addresses
32%
▼42 percentage points lower than Schagen (74%)
Office, share of addresses
18%
▲17 percentage points higher than Schagen (1%)
Owner-occupied dwellings
91%
▲34 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
Residents per km²
346
▼36% lower than the Netherlands (539)
Private rent
9%
▼5 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Business establishments by sector
Handel en horeca is the largest sector, with 75 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie65
Handel en horeca75
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie10
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed25
Zakelijke dienstverlening40
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg25
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten20
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 23% in the municipality of Schagen (2025).
Petrol63.5%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)36.5%
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 34% to 36% between 2022 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
36%▲ 13 percentage points above Schagen (23%)
+2 pp since 2022
Schagen +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, 370 passenger cars and 80 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars370
Motorcycles80
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
32% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (65%).
Residential31.8%
Retail7%
Office18.1%
Assembly2.1%
Healthcare1.3%
Industrial65.4%
Sports1%
Other1.6%
Explanation
Based on 387 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
7% multi-family dwellings, against 37% nationally.
This areaThe Netherlands
Multi-family dwellings7%
NL 37%▼ −81% vs NL
Owner-occupied dwellings91%
NL 57%▲ +60% vs NL
Residents per km²346
NL 539▼ −36% vs NL
Private rent9%
NL 14%▼ −36% vs NL
Single-family dwellings93%
NL 63%▲ +48% 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) 2025