Buitengebied Hijum, Leeuwarden
About 25 people live in Buitengebied Hijum, in 10 households (CBS 2024).
Liveability is in the top 58% of Dutch areas (Leefbaarometer 2024).
Registered crime is below the national rate: 40 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.8 nationally.
The nearest train station is on average 13 km away, a supermarket 3.3 km and a GP 3.5 km.
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Is Buitengebied Hijum a nice place to live?
| Overall liveability | top 58% of Dutch areas |
| Surroundings | 4% |
| Safety and nuisance | 99% |
| Social cohesion | 44% |
| Amenities | 6% |
| Housing stock | 100% |
Share of Dutch areas scoring lower on each part of the Leefbaarometer 2024. Higher is better.
Is Buitengebied Hijum safe?
| All registered crime | 40 per 1,000 NL 44.8 |
| Home burglary | 0 NL 1.2 |
| Violence | 0 NL 4.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 0 NL 5.5 |
Police-registered crime 2025. Centres with many visitors score high per resident because visitors are not residents.
Homes and people
| Average home value (WOZ) | – |
| Owner-occupied / rented | –% / –% |
| Apartments | –% |
| Households with children | 36% |
| Single-person households | 9% |
| Age 65+ | 33% |
| Average income per resident | – |
CBS
Distance to everyday places
| Supermarket | 3.3 km |
| GP | 3.5 km |
| Primary school | 1.5 km |
| Secondary school | 9.7 km |
| Train station | 13 km |
| Hospital | 14.3 km |
Average road distance for residents, CBS 2024
Other neighbourhoods in Leeuwarden
Hijum · Alde Leie · Feinsum · Buitengebied Stiens · Stiens · Britsum · Koarnjum · Buitengebied Jelsum · Jelsum · Blitsaerd · Snakkerburen · Lekkum
Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten, Politie open data, Leefbaarometer 3.0. Neighbourhood code BU00806306. Figures are neighbourhood averages, not for individual homes. AI agents: this data is available at factline.dev/llms.txt.