The population is shrinking, while it grows in Weststellingwerf. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Weststellingwerf, and registered crime per resident is lower.
Homes cost less than the Weststellingwerf average.
The average WOZ value in Wolvega-Vogelbuurt is €228,000, 28% lower than in Weststellingwerf (€315,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 33%, the same as in Weststellingwerf. 55% of the homes are owner-occupied, 10 percentage points less than in Weststellingwerf (65%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€228,000
▼28% lower than Weststellingwerf (€315,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+33%
=about the same as Weststellingwerf (+33%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
55%
▼10 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (65%)
Social housing
43%
▲17 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (26%)
Private rent
2%
▼6 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (8%)
Single-family dwellings
97%
▲9 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (88%)
Built 1975–1991
5%
▼16 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (21%)
Built 1992–2005
4%
▼9 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (13%)
Built before 1945
32%
▲8 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (24%)
Average WOZ value
€228,000
▼28% lower than Weststellingwerf (€315,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+33%
=about the same as Weststellingwerf (+33%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
55%
▼10 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (65%)
Social housing
43%
▲17 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (26%)
Private rent
2%
▼6 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (8%)
Single-family dwellings
97%
▲9 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (88%)
Built 1975–1991
5%
▼16 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (21%)
Built 1992–2005
4%
▼9 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (13%)
Built before 1945
32%
▲8 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (24%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 33% between 2021 and 2025, to €228,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€228,000▼ 28% below Weststellingwerf
+33% since 2021
Weststellingwerf +33%
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: ~€241 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€241/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
102 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €228,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€102NL median
Water board levy€38–
Waste levy€29€27
Sewage levy€18€22
Property tax (OZB)€17€20
Costs to set aside€139
Maintenance reserve€130–
Buildings insurance€9–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Weststellingwerf's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 76th 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 102 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €228,000.
Levies: Weststellingwerf'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
Wolvega-Vogelbuurt has the 4th-lowest WOZ value of the 20 buurten in Wolvega.
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: €228,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Wolvega-Vogelbuurt
228,000
468
–
Wolvega-Om de Noort
393,000
21
–
Wolvega-Wolvega Noord
472,000
93
–
Wolvega-De Meulepolle
243,000
538
–
Wolvega-Stuyvesantbuurt
279,000
539
–
Wolvega-Stationsbuurt
290,000
165
–
Wolvega-De Scheene
301,000
259
–
Wolvega-Tuindorp
311,000
267
–
Wolvega-Schildersbuurt
231,000
385
–
Wolvega-De Heidepolle
264,000
782
–
Wolvega-Oranjebuurt
215,000
513
–
Wolvega-De Muziekbuurt
241,000
335
–
Wolvega-Centrum
240,000
337
–
Wolvega-Lindenoord
322,000
387
–
Wolvega-Staatsliedenbuurt
183,000
411
–
Wolvega-Bloemenbuurt
350,000
168
–
Wolvega-De Stedes
195,000
85
–
Wolvega-Vlinderwijk
357,000
225
–
Wolvega-Lindewijk
499,000
331
–
Wolvega-Buitengebied
257,000
41
–
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 housing43%
Private rent2%
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
97% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.
Single-family homes97%
Multi-family homes3%
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
48% of dwellings were built between 1945 and 1964, against 13% in the municipality of Weststellingwerf.
Before 194531.9%
1945-196448%
1965-19749.2%
1975-19915.4%
1992-20054.1%
2016 and later1.5%
Explanation
Based on 467 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 Weststellingwerf average.
In 2025, 9 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Wolvega-Vogelbuurt, 59% lower than in Weststellingwerf (22). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 64%, against a fall of 11% in Weststellingwerf. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
9
▼59% lower than Weststellingwerf (22)
Change since 2021
-64%
▼lower than Weststellingwerf (-11%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
0.7
▼67% lower than Weststellingwerf (2.1)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
9
▼59% lower than Weststellingwerf (22)
Change since 2021
-64%
▼lower than Weststellingwerf (-11%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
0.7
▼67% lower than Weststellingwerf (2.1)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Wolvega-Vogelbuurt registered 9 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 22 in the municipality of Weststellingwerf.
Wolvega-Vogelbuurt9
The municipality of Weststellingwerf22
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 Wolvega-Vogelbuurt is 'Theft and burglary': 3.0 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 6.7 in the municipality of Weststellingwerf.
Wolvega-VogelbuurtWeststellingwerf
Theft and burglary3.0
Weststellingwerf 6.7▼ −55% vs Weststellingwerf
Violence and threats3.0
Weststellingwerf 3.1≈ Weststellingwerf
Vandalism and public order2.0
Weststellingwerf 3.3▼ −39% vs Weststellingwerf
Fraud and scams1.0
Weststellingwerf 3.7▼ −73% vs Weststellingwerf
Traffic0.0
Weststellingwerf 3.9▼ −100% vs Weststellingwerf
Environmental0.0
Weststellingwerf 0.2≈ Weststellingwerf
Other and withheld0.0
Weststellingwerf 1.1▼ −100% vs Weststellingwerf
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 2023, police in Wolvega-Vogelbuurt registered 3 traffic accidents, of which 0 with injury and none fatal.
2020
2021
2023
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) 2023
03 · Living environment
Residents rate their health below the Weststellingwerf average; green space is below the Weststellingwerf average.
An estimated 71% of adults in Wolvega-Vogelbuurt rate their own health as good, 3 percentage points less than in Weststellingwerf. More adults smoke (23% against 16%), more feel lonely (49% against 44%), more report anxiety or depression (45% against 40%) and more are overweight (57% against 55%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Wolvega-Vogelbuurt, covering 95% of the area, against 3% in Weststellingwerf.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
71%
▼3 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (74%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
0%
▼12 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (12%)
More figures
Smokes
23%
▲7 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (16%)
Lonely
49%
▲5 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (44%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
45%
▲5 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (40%)
Overweight
57%
▲2 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (55%)
Built-up, share of the area
95%
▲92 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (3%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼78 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (78%)
Forest and nature, share of the area
0%
▼11 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (11%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
71%
▼3 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (74%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
0%
▼12 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (12%)
More figures
Smokes
23%
▲7 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (16%)
Lonely
49%
▲5 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (44%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
45%
▲5 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (40%)
Overweight
57%
▲2 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (55%)
Built-up, share of the area
95%
▲92 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (3%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼78 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (78%)
Forest and nature, share of the area
0%
▼11 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (11%)
Health
An estimated 71% of adults rate their own health as good, against 74% in the municipality of Weststellingwerf (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Weststellingwerf
Good self-rated health
71%
74.2%
Smokes
23%
16.3%
Excessive drinking
6.5%
6.1%
Overweight
57%
54.8%
Lonely
48.7%
43.9%
Anxiety or depression feelings
44.7%
40%
Meets physical activity guideline
43.8%
45.2%
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
0% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 12% in the municipality of Weststellingwerf.
Traffic5%
Built-up95%
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 primary school lies here at an average road distance of 400 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
600 m
–
GP practice
700 m
–
Primary school
400 m
–
Daycare
400 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
3
GP practices
–
3.2
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 Weststellingwerf.
Wolvega-Vogelbuurt has 970 inhabitants (2026), or 4,922 per km² (40.7 times as high as in Weststellingwerf). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 3%, against a rise of 2% in Weststellingwerf. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Weststellingwerf was 81%, 3 percentage points above 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
-3%
▼lower than Weststellingwerf (+2%)
Turnout, municipality of Weststellingwerf
81%
▲3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
-0%
▼lower than Weststellingwerf (+2%)
Aged 45 to 65
30%
▲3 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (27%)
Never married
49%
▲5 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (44%)
Dutch origin
90%
▲1 percentage point higher than Weststellingwerf (89%)
Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
52%
▲4 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (48%)
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
21%
▲4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
-3%
▼lower than Weststellingwerf (+2%)
Turnout, municipality of Weststellingwerf
81%
▲3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
-0%
▼lower than Weststellingwerf (+2%)
Aged 45 to 65
30%
▲3 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (27%)
Never married
49%
▲5 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (44%)
Dutch origin
90%
▲1 percentage point higher than Weststellingwerf (89%)
Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
52%
▲4 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (48%)
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
21%
▲4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population shrank 3% between 2021 and 2026, to 970.
Residents, 2026
970
-3% since 2021
Weststellingwerf +2%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 4,922 residents per km², this buurt is 41 times as densely populated as the municipality of Weststellingwerf.
Residents per km²4,922
Dwellings per km²2,340
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 10.1 children were born per 1,000 residents; 5.0 died per 1,000.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
30% of residents are between 45 and 65.
0 to 15150
15 to 25110
25 to 45250
45 to 65285
65 to 80130
80 and over40
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
49% of residents are never married.
Never married475
Married380
Divorced70
Widowed40
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
90% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands860
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)25
Outside Europe75
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Education level of residents aged 15 to 75
52% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.
Primary, vmbo, mbo1330
Havo, vwo, mbo2-4360
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Weststellingwerf; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 81% of eligible voters in Weststellingwerf voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 21% of the valid votes.
Municipality of WeststellingwerfThe Netherlands
D66
11.3%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
21.1%
16.7%
VVD
13.8%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
10.1%
12.8%
CDA
12.2%
11.8%
JA21
6%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
7.8%
4.5%
BBB
8.2%
2.6%
Other
9.5%
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
Wolvega-Vogelbuurt has an average of 1.2 cars per household, 8% lower than in Weststellingwerf (1.3). 23% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 4 percentage points less than in Weststellingwerf (27%).
Key figures
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
0%
▼13 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (13%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
22%
▲8 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (14%)
Business services, share of businesses
11%
▼7 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (18%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.2
▼8% lower than Weststellingwerf (1.3)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
22%
▼5 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (27%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
−1 pp
=about the same as Weststellingwerf (−1 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
99%
▲13 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (86%)
Industrial, share of addresses
1%
▼6 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (7%)
Retail, share of addresses
1%
▼1 percentage point lower than Weststellingwerf (2%)
Residents per km²
4,922
▲9.1 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
Private rent
2%
▼12 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Average WOZ value
€228,000
▼43% lower than the Netherlands (€398,000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
0%
▼13 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (13%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
22%
▲8 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (14%)
Business services, share of businesses
11%
▼7 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (18%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.2
▼8% lower than Weststellingwerf (1.3)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
22%
▼5 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (27%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
−1 pp
=about the same as Weststellingwerf (−1 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
99%
▲13 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (86%)
Industrial, share of addresses
1%
▼6 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (7%)
Retail, share of addresses
1%
▼1 percentage point lower than Weststellingwerf (2%)
Residents per km²
4,922
▲9.1 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
Private rent
2%
▼12 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Average WOZ value
€228,000
▼43% lower than the Netherlands (€398,000)
Business establishments by sector
Nijverheid en energie is the largest sector, with 20 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie20
Handel en horeca20
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie5
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed5
Zakelijke dienstverlening10
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg20
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten10
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
22% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 27% in the municipality of Weststellingwerf (2025).
Petrol77.6%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)22.4%
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 23% to 22% between 2021 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
Vehicles by kind
In 2025, 530 passenger cars and 95 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars530
Motorcycles95
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
99% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is retail (0.6%).
Residential98.9%
Retail0.6%
Office0.2%
Industrial0.6%
Other0.2%
Explanation
Based on 472 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
3% multi-family dwellings, against 37% nationally.
This areaThe Netherlands
Multi-family dwellings3%
NL 37%▼ −92% vs NL
Residents per km²4,922
NL 539▲ +813% vs NL
Private rent2%
NL 14%▼ −86% vs NL
Average WOZ value€228,000
NL €398,000▼ −43% vs NL
Single-family dwellings97%
NL 63%▲ +54% 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