The population is growing slower than in the Netherlands. Homes cost less than the Dutch average, and registered crime per resident is lower.
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© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS
© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS
The average WOZ value in Westerkwartier is €330,000, 17% lower than in the Netherlands (€398,000). Between 2019 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 54%, against a rise of 59% in the Netherlands. 73% of the homes are owner-occupied, 16 percentage points more than in the Netherlands (57%).
The average WOZ value rose 54% between 2019 and 2025, to €330,000.
The WOZ value as struck on 1 January of the year before the KWB edition.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
In the Overig Groningen region (Q3 2026), half of all homes sold for more than €3,903/m², and 80% sold above the asking price.
Figures from NVM estate agents for Q3 2026
Of the homes sold in Overig Groningen in Q3 2026, half went for more than €3,903 per m² of living area and half for less. All dwelling types combined.
The final sale price in Overig Groningen came in 7.9% above the last asking price. Budget for that.
80% of the homes sold in Overig Groningen in Q3 2026 went for more than the asking price.
Sale price per m² by dwelling type
Figures from NVM estate agents covering existing owner-occupied homes in COROP region Overig Groningen, Q3 2026. A region spans dozens of municipalities, so this describes the surrounding market, not this street or this house.
Source: NVM Marktoverzicht 2026-Q3
Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€356 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Westerkwartier's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 287th of 334 gemeenten, cheapest first.
Water board, maintenance and insurance are estimated from national rates and the home's value and size, so they aren't compared.
Source: Municipal levies + CBS 2026
Westerkwartier has the highest WOZ value of the 10 gemeenten in the province of Groningen.
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)
Here: €330,000 average WOZ value.
| Value | Dwellings | Aged 65+ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westerkwartier | 330,000 | 28,232 | – |
| Eemsdelta | 250,000 | 23,649 | – |
| Groningen | 313,000 | 125,028 | – |
| Het Hogeland | 282,000 | 22,964 | – |
| Midden-Groningen | 295,000 | 28,833 | – |
| Oldambt | 272,000 | 19,336 | – |
| Pekela | 213,000 | 5,797 | – |
| Stadskanaal | 282,000 | 15,190 | – |
| Veendam | 239,000 | 13,169 | – |
| Westerwolde | 292,000 | 12,050 | – |
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)
The largest category is owner-occupied, at 73% of dwellings.
CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
90% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.
CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
20% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 23% in the Netherlands.
Based on 28,558 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
In 2025, 20 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Westerkwartier, 56% lower than in the Netherlands (45). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 13%, against a rise of 5% in the Netherlands. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
In 2025, Westerkwartier registered 20 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 45 in the Netherlands.
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
In 2025, Westerkwartier registered 20 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 45 in the Netherlands.
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
The largest category in Westerkwartier is 'Theft and burglary': 5.4 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 19.8 in the Netherlands.
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 2023-2025: 1.7 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.7 in the Netherlands.
Averaged over 3 years (2023-2025) to dampen year-to-year noise at low counts.
Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025
In 2024, police in Westerkwartier registered 385 traffic accidents, of which 112 with injury and 2 fatal.
Registered accidents (BRON, Rijkswaterstaat); material-damage-only accidents have not been systematically registered since roughly 2010 and are not comparable between areas.
Source: BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024
An estimated 76% of adults in Westerkwartier rate their own health as good, 3 percentage points more than in the Netherlands. Fewer adults report anxiety or depression (40% against 47%), fewer feel lonely (43% against 47%) and fewer smoke (15% against 17%), but more are overweight (53% against 52%). Agricultural land is the largest land use in Westerkwartier, covering 86% of the area, against 52% in the Netherlands. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 3% of the area, 13 percentage points below the 16% in the Netherlands.
An estimated 76% of adults rate their own health as good, against 73% in the Netherlands (2024).
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
3% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 16% in the Netherlands.
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
Westerkwartier has 65,067 inhabitants (2026), or 179 per km² (67% lower than in the Netherlands). Between 2019 and 2026 the population rose 3%, against a rise of 5% in the Netherlands. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in Westerkwartier was 84%, 6 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, CDA had the highest share there: 17% of the vote, against 12% nationally.
The population grew 3% between 2019 and 2026, to 65,067.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents per km²: 179.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
In 2025, 9.7 children were born per 1,000 residents; 9.9 died per 1,000.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
27% of residents are between 45 and 65.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
46% of residents are never married.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
90% of residents have Dutch origin.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
47% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 84% of eligible voters in Westerkwartier voted. The largest party was CDA with 17% of the valid votes.
Official election result (Kiesraad), top 8 parties by national vote count plus 'Other'; share of valid votes.
Source: Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025
Westerkwartier has an average of 1.3 cars per household, 18% higher than in the Netherlands (1.1). 25% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 1 percentage point less than in the Netherlands (26%).
Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 1,705 establishments.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
25% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 26% in the Netherlands (2025).
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
The share of passenger cars not running on petrol went from 26% to 25% between 2019 and 2025.
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
In 2025, 36,820 passenger cars and 3,990 motorcycles were registered here.
At this level CBS publishes only passenger cars and motorcycles, no vans or trucks.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
91% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (6%).
Based on 31,477 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
10% multi-family dwellings, against 37% nationally.
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
| Midwolde | 435 | €504,000 | 113 |
| Lettelbert | 145 | €460,000 | – |
| Zevenhuizen | 3,170 | €400,000 | 18 |
| De Wilp | 2,415 | €369,000 | 13 |
| Marum | 8,255 | €359,000 | 30 |
| 14 | 10,770 | €355,000 | 16 |
| Opende | 2,955 | €355,000 | 13 |
| Lutjegast | 1,135 | €352,000 | 13 |
| Oostwold | 685 | €338,000 | 16 |
| Oldekerk | 2,930 | €325,000 | 9 |
| Leek | 11,755 | €314,000 | 25 |
| Grootegast | 5,450 | €312,000 | 13 |
| 17 | 2,905 | €308,000 | 17 |
| Enumatil | 315 | €304,000 | 28 |
| Tolbert | 4,440 | €291,000 | 23 |
| 16 | 1,985 | €284,000 | 12 |
| 15 | 3,840 | €280,000 | 13 |
| 13 | 1,485 | €272,000 | 9 |