The population is growing faster than in Vlaardingen. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Vlaardingen, and registered crime per resident is higher.
The average WOZ value in De Vergulde Hand is €90,000, 70% lower than in Vlaardingen (€303,000). Between 2024 and 2025 the average WOZ value stayed about level, against a rise of 4% in Vlaardingen. 1% of the homes are owner-occupied, 46 percentage points less than in Vlaardingen (47%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€90,000
▼70% lower than Vlaardingen (€303,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2024
+0%
▼lower than Vlaardingen (+4%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
1%
▼46 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (47%)
Social housing
12%
▼29 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (41%)
Private rent
87%
▲75 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (12%)
Single-family dwellings
13%
▼25 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (38%)
Built 1945–1964
0%
▼27 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (27%)
Built 1975–1991
0%
▼18 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (18%)
Built 1965–1974
0%
▼18 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (18%)
Average WOZ value
€90,000
▼70% lower than Vlaardingen (€303,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2024
+0%
▼lower than Vlaardingen (+4%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
1%
▼46 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (47%)
Social housing
12%
▼29 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (41%)
Private rent
87%
▲75 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (12%)
Single-family dwellings
13%
▼25 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (38%)
Built 1945–1964
0%
▼27 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (27%)
Built 1975–1991
0%
▼18 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (18%)
Built 1965–1974
0%
▼18 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (18%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value held steady between 2024 and 2025, at €90,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€90,000▼ 70% below Vlaardingen
+0% since 2024
Vlaardingen +4%
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: ~€153 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€153/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
44 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €90,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€93NL median
Water board levy€34–
Waste levy€31€27
Sewage levy€19€22
Property tax (OZB)€9€8
Costs to set aside€60
Maintenance reserve€56–
Buildings insurance€4–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Vlaardingen's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 187th 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 44 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €90,000.
Levies: Vlaardingen'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
De Vergulde Hand has the lowest WOZ value of the 3 buurten in Vettenoordse Polder.
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: €90,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
De Vergulde Hand
90,000
391
–
Vettenoordse Polder West
208,000
35
–
Maasboulevard
212,000
1,095
–
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 private rent, at 87% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied1%
Social housing12%
Private rent87%
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
87% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.
Single-family homes13%
Multi-family homes87%
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
99% of dwellings were built in 2016 or later, against 8% in the municipality of Vlaardingen.
Before 19450.2%
1945-19640.2%
1965-19740.2%
1975-19910.2%
2016 and later99%
Explanation
Based on 415 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 Vlaardingen average.
In 2025, 51 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in De Vergulde Hand, 11% higher than in Vlaardingen (46). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 99%, against a fall of 12% in Vlaardingen. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
51
▲11% higher than Vlaardingen (46)
Change since 2021
-99%
▼lower than Vlaardingen (-12%)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
51
▲11% higher than Vlaardingen (46)
Change since 2021
-99%
▼lower than Vlaardingen (-12%)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, De Vergulde Hand registered 51 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 46 in the municipality of Vlaardingen.
De Vergulde Hand51
The municipality of Vlaardingen46
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 De Vergulde Hand is 'Theft and burglary': 24.9 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 18.5 in the municipality of Vlaardingen.
De Vergulde HandVlaardingen
Theft and burglary24.9
Vlaardingen 18.5▲ +35% vs Vlaardingen
Traffic9.6
Vlaardingen 7.2▲ +33% vs Vlaardingen
Violence and threats7.7
Vlaardingen 7.5≈ Vlaardingen
Vandalism and public order4.8
Vlaardingen 5.8▼ −17% vs Vlaardingen
Other and withheld1.9
Vlaardingen 1.7▲ +12% vs Vlaardingen
Fraud and scams1.0
Vlaardingen 5.1▼ −80% vs Vlaardingen
Environmental1.0
Vlaardingen 0.3▲ +233% vs Vlaardingen
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 De Vergulde Hand registered 1 traffic accidents, of which 0 with injury and none fatal.
2020
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 Vlaardingen average; green space is below the Vlaardingen average.
An estimated 56% of adults in De Vergulde Hand rate their own health as good, 12 percentage points less than in Vlaardingen. More adults feel lonely (77% against 52%), more smoke (38% against 21%) and more report anxiety or depression (68% against 52%), but fewer are overweight (48% against 58%). Built-up land is the largest land use in De Vergulde Hand, covering 40% of the area, against 37% in Vlaardingen. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 11% of the area, 13 percentage points below the 24% in Vlaardingen.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
56%
▼12 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (68%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
11%
▼13 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (24%)
More figures
Lonely
77%
▲25 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (52%)
Smokes
38%
▲17 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (21%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
68%
▲16 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (52%)
Overweight
48%
▼10 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (58%)
Other built-up, share of the area
34%
▲28 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (6%)
Agriculture, share of the area
6%
▼12 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (18%)
Water, share of the area
0%
▼12 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (12%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
56%
▼12 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (68%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
11%
▼13 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (24%)
More figures
Lonely
77%
▲25 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (52%)
Smokes
38%
▲17 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (21%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
68%
▲16 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (52%)
Overweight
48%
▼10 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (58%)
Other built-up, share of the area
34%
▲28 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (6%)
Agriculture, share of the area
6%
▼12 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (18%)
Water, share of the area
0%
▼12 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (12%)
Health
An estimated 56% of adults rate their own health as good, against 68% in the municipality of Vlaardingen (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Vlaardingen
Good self-rated health
56.3%
67.5%
Smokes
38.3%
21.4%
Excessive drinking
2.8%
4.8%
Overweight
47.8%
58.1%
Lonely
77%
52.5%
Anxiety or depression feelings
67.5%
52.1%
Meets physical activity guideline
50.8%
40.6%
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
11% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 24% in the municipality of Vlaardingen.
Traffic9.4%
Built-up39.6%
Other built-up34%
Recreation11.3%
Agriculture5.7%
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 gp practice lies here at an average road distance of 2500 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
2,600 m
–
GP practice
2,500 m
–
Primary school
2,600 m
–
Daycare
2,600 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
0
GP practices
–
0
Daycares
–
0
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 Vlaardingen average.
De Vergulde Hand has 995 inhabitants (2026), or 1,859 per km² (43% lower than in Vlaardingen). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 19800%, against a rise of 5% in Vlaardingen. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Vlaardingen was 69%, 9 percentage points below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 21% 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
+19800%
▲higher than Vlaardingen (+5%)
Turnout, municipality of Vlaardingen
69%
▼9 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+9675%
▲higher than Vlaardingen (+4%)
Aged 25 to 45
34%
▲6 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (28%)
Never married
74%
▲24 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (50%)
European origin (not Dutch)
95%
▲83 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (12%)
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
21%
▲4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
+19800%
▲higher than Vlaardingen (+5%)
Turnout, municipality of Vlaardingen
69%
▼9 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+9675%
▲higher than Vlaardingen (+4%)
Aged 25 to 45
34%
▲6 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (28%)
Never married
74%
▲24 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (50%)
European origin (not Dutch)
95%
▲83 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (12%)
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
21%
▲4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population grew 19800% between 2021 and 2026, to 995.
Residents, 2026
995
+19800% since 2021
Vlaardingen +5%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 1,859 residents per km², this buurt is 43% less densely populated than the municipality of Vlaardingen.
Residents per km²1,859
Dwellings per km²724.1
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 4.8 children were born per 1,000 residents; almost no one died.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
34% of residents are between 25 and 45.
0 to 15255
15 to 25160
25 to 45340
45 to 65190
65 to 8045
80 and over5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
74% of residents are never married.
Never married745
Married225
Divorced20
Widowed10
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
96% of residents have European origin (outside the Netherlands).
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)950
Outside Europe45
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Vlaardingen; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 69% of eligible voters in Vlaardingen voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 21% of the valid votes.
Municipality of VlaardingenThe Netherlands
D66
14.8%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
20.9%
16.7%
VVD
12.3%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
10.7%
12.8%
CDA
10.5%
11.8%
JA21
7.5%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
4.5%
4.5%
BBB
1.2%
2.6%
Other
17.7%
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
De Vergulde Hand has an average of 0.5 cars per household, 44% lower than in Vlaardingen (0.9). 40% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 20 percentage points more than in Vlaardingen (20%).
Key figures
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
33%
▲18 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (15%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
3%
▼15 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (18%)
Industry and energy, share of businesses
31%
▲8 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (23%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.5
▼44% lower than Vlaardingen (0.9)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
40%
▲20 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (20%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
−18 pp
▼lower than Vlaardingen (+7 pp)
Industrial, share of addresses
30%
▲28 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (2%)
Residential, share of addresses
64%
▼25 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (89%)
Office, share of addresses
3%
▲2 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (1%)
Private rent
87%
▲73 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Single-family dwellings
13%
▼50 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Average WOZ value
€90,000
▼77% lower than the Netherlands (€398,000)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
33%
▲18 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (15%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
3%
▼15 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (18%)
Industry and energy, share of businesses
31%
▲8 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (23%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.5
▼44% lower than Vlaardingen (0.9)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
40%
▲20 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (20%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
−18 pp
▼lower than Vlaardingen (+7 pp)
Industrial, share of addresses
30%
▲28 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (2%)
Residential, share of addresses
64%
▼25 percentage points lower than Vlaardingen (89%)
Office, share of addresses
3%
▲2 percentage points higher than Vlaardingen (1%)
Private rent
87%
▲73 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Single-family dwellings
13%
▼50 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Average WOZ value
€90,000
▼77% lower than the Netherlands (€398,000)
Business establishments by sector
Handel en horeca is the largest sector, with 65 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie60
Handel en horeca65
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie15
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed10
Zakelijke dienstverlening30
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg5
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten10
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
40% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 20% in the municipality of Vlaardingen (2025).
Petrol60.5%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)39.5%
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 58% to 40% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
40%▲ 20 percentage points above Vlaardingen (20%)
-18 pp since 2021
Vlaardingen +7 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, 215 passenger cars and 25 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars215
Motorcycles25
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
64% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (30%).
Residential63.8%
Retail0.2%
Office2.6%
Assembly0.6%
Industrial30.5%
Education0.2%
Other2.3%
Explanation
Based on 650 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
1% owner-occupied dwellings, against 57% nationally.
This areaThe Netherlands
Owner-occupied dwellings1%
NL 57%▼ −98% vs NL
Private rent87%
NL 14%▲ +521% vs NL
Single-family dwellings13%
NL 63%▼ −79% vs NL
Average WOZ value€90,000
NL €398,000▼ −77% vs NL
Residents per km²1,859
NL 539▲ +245% 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