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Living in Westerzicht

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

1,545 residents, 751 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Vlissingen average.

The average WOZ value in Westerzicht is €219,000, 15% lower than in Vlissingen (€259,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 43%, the same as in Vlissingen. 55% of the homes are owner-occupied, 2 percentage points less than in Vlissingen (57%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €219,000
    15% lower than Vlissingen (€259,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +43%
    about the same as Vlissingen (+43%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    55%
    2 percentage points lower than Vlissingen (57%)
  • Social housing
    35%
    7 percentage points higher than Vlissingen (28%)
  • Private rent
    10%
    5 percentage points lower than Vlissingen (15%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    92%
    30 percentage points higher than Vlissingen (62%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    9%
    9 percentage points lower than Vlissingen (18%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 43% between 2021 and 2025, to €219,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€219,00015% below Vlissingen
  • +43% since 2021
  • Vlissingen +43%
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: ~€266 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€266/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 106 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €219,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€120NL median
  • Water board levy€38–
  • Waste levy€31€27
  • Sewage levy€28€22
  • Property tax (OZB)€23€19
Costs to set aside€146
  • Maintenance reserve€136–
  • Buildings insurance€10–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Vlissingen's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 297th 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 106 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €219,000.
  • Levies: Vlissingen'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

Westerzicht has the 2nd-lowest WOZ value of the 8 buurten in Lammerenburg.

Netherlands€398,000
Vlissingen€259,000
Lammerenburg€311,000
Lammerenburg€471,000
West-Souburg€391,000
Rosenburg€379,000
Vrijburg€336,000
Westerzicht€219,000
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: €219,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Westerzicht219,000751–
Rosenburg379,000703–
Bossenburgh - Weyevliet199,000973–
Lammerenburg471,000434–
Papegaaienburg - Hofwijk266,000515–
West-Souburg391,000885–
Landelijk gebied Lammerenburg614,00040–
Vrijburg336,00028–
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 55% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied55%
  • Social housing35%
  • Private rent10%
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

92% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes92%
  • Multi-family homes8%
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

91% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 22% in the municipality of Vlissingen.

  • 1965-19748.8%
  • 1975-199191.2%
Explanation

Based on 751 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 Vlissingen average.

In 2025, 23 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Westerzicht, 57% lower than in Vlissingen (53). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 6%, against a rise of 19% in Vlissingen. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    23
    57% lower than Vlissingen (53)
  • Change since 2021
    -6%
    lower than Vlissingen (+19%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    1.8
    18% lower than Vlissingen (2.2)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Westerzicht registered 23 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 53 in the municipality of Vlissingen.

Westerzicht23
The municipality of Vlissingen53
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, Westerzicht registered 23 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 53 in the municipality of Vlissingen.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
2357% below Vlissingen
  • -6% since 2021
  • Vlissingen +19%
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 Westerzicht is 'Violence and threats': 7.6 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 7.5 in the municipality of Vlissingen.

WesterzichtVlissingen
  • Violence and threats7.6
  • Theft and burglary4.4
  • Fraud and scams3.8
  • Vandalism and public order3.2
  • Traffic1.9
  • Other and withheld1.9
  • 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: 1.8 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.2 in the municipality of Vlissingen.

Westerzicht1.78
The municipality of Vlissingen2.17
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 Westerzicht registered 8 traffic accidents, of which 2 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 Vlissingen average; green space is above the Vlissingen average.

An estimated 66% of adults in Westerzicht rate their own health as good, 3 percentage points less than in Vlissingen. More adults are overweight (59% against 54%), more feel lonely (58% against 56%) and more smoke (20% against 19%), but fewer drink excessively (5% against 6%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Westerzicht, covering 63% of the area, against 4% in Vlissingen. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 21% of the area, 20 percentage points above the 1% in Vlissingen.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    66%
    3 percentage points lower than Vlissingen (69%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    21%
    20 percentage points higher than Vlissingen (1%)
  • More figures
  • Overweight
    59%
    5 percentage points higher than Vlissingen (54%)
  • Lonely
    58%
    2 percentage points higher than Vlissingen (56%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    50%
    1 percentage point higher than Vlissingen (49%)
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    47%
    1 percentage point lower than Vlissingen (48%)
  • Water, share of the area
    5%
    85 percentage points lower than Vlissingen (90%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    63%
    59 percentage points higher than Vlissingen (4%)
  • Recreation, share of the area
    21%
    20 percentage points higher than Vlissingen (1%)

Health

An estimated 66% of adults rate their own health as good, against 69% in the municipality of Vlissingen (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Vlissingen
Good self-rated health
65.6%
68.6%
Smokes
20.2%
19.1%
Excessive drinking
5.4%
5.8%
Overweight
59%
53.7%
Lonely
58.4%
55.5%
Anxiety or depression feelings
50.2%
48.7%
Meets physical activity guideline
46.8%
48.2%
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

21% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 1% in the municipality of Vlissingen.

  • Traffic7.9%
  • Built-up63.2%
  • Recreation21.1%
  • Agriculture2.6%
  • Water5.3%
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 800 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket800 m–
GP practice1,000 m–
Primary school800 m–
Daycare1,200 m–
Large supermarkets–1.6
GP practices–0.6
Daycares–0.2
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 Vlissingen.

Westerzicht has 1,545 inhabitants (2026), or 4,319 per km² (3.2 times as high as in Vlissingen). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 4%, against a rise of 3% in Vlissingen. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Vlissingen was 71%, 7 percentage points below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 20% 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
    -4%
    lower than Vlissingen (+3%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Vlissingen
    71%
    7 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +0%
    lower than Vlissingen (+5%)
  • Aged 25 to 45
    26%
    2 percentage points higher than Vlissingen (24%)
  • Never married
    46%
    1 percentage point lower than Vlissingen (47%)
  • Dutch origin
    67%
    1 percentage point lower than Vlissingen (68%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    59%
    12 percentage points higher than Vlissingen (47%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    20%
    3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population shrank 4% between 2021 and 2026, to 1,545.

Residents, 2026
1,545
  • -4% since 2021
  • Vlissingen +3%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 4,319 residents per km², this buurt is 3.2 times as densely populated as the municipality of Vlissingen.

Residents per km²4,319
Dwellings per km²2,086.1

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 12.7 children were born per 1,000 residents; 3.2 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

26% of residents are between 25 and 45.

  • 0 to 15235
  • 15 to 25160
  • 25 to 45395
  • 45 to 65385
  • 65 to 80300
  • 80 and over70

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

46% of residents are never married.

  • Never married720
  • Married565
  • Divorced195
  • Widowed70

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

67% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands1,030
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)215
  • Outside Europe295

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

59% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1410
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-4600

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Vlissingen; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 71% of eligible voters in Vlissingen voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 20% of the valid votes.

Municipality of VlissingenThe Netherlands
D66
14.9%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
19.8%
16.7%
VVD
13.6%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
11.6%
12.8%
CDA
11.2%
11.8%
JA21
6%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
5.6%
4.5%
BBB
2%
2.6%
Other
15.2%
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

Westerzicht has an average of 1.0 cars per household, about the same as in Vlissingen (1.0). 14% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 5 percentage points less than in Vlissingen (19%).

Key figures
  • Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
    12%
    6 percentage points lower than Vlissingen (18%)
  • Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
    18%
    7 percentage points higher than Vlissingen (11%)
  • Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
    0%
    4 percentage points lower than Vlissingen (4%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.0
    about the same as Vlissingen (1.0)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    14%
    5 percentage points lower than Vlissingen (19%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +2 pp
    lower than Vlissingen (+4 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    100%
    15 percentage points higher than Vlissingen (85%)
  • Retail, share of addresses
    0%
    1 percentage point lower than Vlissingen (1%)
  • Assembly, share of addresses
    0%
    1 percentage point lower than Vlissingen (1%)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    8%
    29 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Average WOZ value
    €219,000
    45% lower than the Netherlands (€398,000)
  • Single-family dwellings
    92%
    29 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 20 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie15
Handel en horeca10
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie5
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening20
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg20
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten15

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 19% in the municipality of Vlissingen (2025).

  • Petrol86.5%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)13.5%
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 12% to 14% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
14%5 percentage points below Vlissingen (19%)
  • +2 pp since 2021
  • Vlissingen +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, 740 passenger cars and 55 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars740
Motorcycles55
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 sport (0.3%).

  • Residential99.6%
  • Retail0.1%
  • Assembly0.1%
  • Sports0.3%
Explanation

Based on 754 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

4,319 residents per km²: 8.0 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²4,319
  • Multi-family dwellings8%
  • Average WOZ value€219,000
  • Single-family dwellings92%
  • Private rent10%
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 Vlissingen

Other neighbourhoods in Vlissingen
Landelijk gebied Lammerenburg165€614,000–
Lammerenburg1,085€471,00015
West-Souburg2,220€391,00032
Rosenburg1,640€379,00014
Vrijburg65€336,000–

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.

How we calculate
Living in Westerzicht (Vlissingen): WOZ, prices & safety