Neighbourhood

Boekdrukkersbuurt in figures

Facts and figures about the Boekdrukkersbuurt neighbourhood in Westergouwe, Gouda from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the EP-Online energy-label register. Each figure shows the date or year it describes and, where available, the same figure for Westergouwe, Gouda and the Netherlands over that period.

Key figures

Residents

1 Jan 2026

Households

1 Jan 2026

Homes

1 Jan 2025

Population density

1,098 per km²

1 Jan 2026Westergouwe: 1,471 per km²Gouda: 4,694 per km²Netherlands: 539 per km²

Housing

Homes and their value, who owns them and what types of homes there are.

Newly built homes

2025

All figures in this section

Figure	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands	Period
Homes	0	1,297	35,205	8,274,478	1 Jan 2025
Newly built homes	30	242	645	69,189	2025

Population

Residents by age, sex, marital status and origin.

Births per 1,000 residents

2025Westergouwe: 30Gouda: 11Netherlands: 9

Deaths per 1,000 residents

2025Westergouwe: 0Gouda: 10Netherlands: 10

Residents by ageFigures for 1 Jan 2026

BoekdrukkersbuurtWestergouwe

0–14 years12.5% (10)
Westergouwe: 26.4% · Gouda: 15.2% · Netherlands: 14.8%
15–24 years12.5% (10)
Westergouwe: 7.4% · Gouda: 11.4% · Netherlands: 12.2%
25–44 years56.3% (45)
Westergouwe: 43.3% · Gouda: 27.2% · Netherlands: 25.9%
45–64 years18.8% (15)
Westergouwe: 17.6% · Gouda: 25.2% · Netherlands: 26%
65–79 years0% (0)
Westergouwe: 4.6% · Gouda: 15.6% · Netherlands: 15.9%
80 years and over0% (0)
Westergouwe: 0.7% · Gouda: 5.3% · Netherlands: 5.3%

Residents by sexFigures for 1 Jan 2026

	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands
Men	53.3%40	51.2%2,175	49.2%38,252	49.8%9,025,827
Women	46.7%35	48.8%2,075	50.8%39,566	50.2%9,104,381

Residents by marital statusFigures for 1 Jan 2026

	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands
Never married	64.3%45	56.6%2,395	48.9%38,046	50.2%9,101,569
Married	35.7%25	38.6%1,635	38.3%29,801	37.3%6,758,191
Divorced	0%0	4.1%175	8.2%6,371	7.7%1,404,105
Widowed	0%0	0.7%30	4.6%3,600	4.8%866,343

Residents by originFigures for 1 Jan 2026

	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands
Dutch origin	56.3%45	66.5%2,825	68.2%53,079	70.9%12,859,141
European origin (outside the Netherlands)	6.3%5	9.8%415	8.3%6,484	9.6%1,739,260
Origin outside Europe	37.5%30	23.7%1,005	23.5%18,255	19.5%3,531,807

Residents by country of birth and originFigures for 1 Jan 2026

	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands
Born in the Netherlands, Dutch origin	53.3%40	66.5%2,825	68.2%53,079	70.9%12,859,141
Born in the Netherlands, European origin	6.7%5	2.8%120	2.9%2,285	3.4%614,116
Born in the Netherlands, origin outside Europe	20%15	14%595	10.8%8,441	8.5%1,532,223
Born elsewhere in Europe	0%0	6.8%290	5.4%4,199	6.2%1,125,144
Born outside Europe	20%15	9.8%415	12.6%9,814	11%1,999,584

All figures in this section

Figure	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands	Period
Residents	80	4,245	77,818	18,130,208	1 Jan 2026
Men	40	2,175	38,252	9,025,827	1 Jan 2026
Women	35	2,075	39,566	9,104,381	1 Jan 2026
0–14 years	10	1,120	11,861	2,683,698	1 Jan 2026
15–24 years	10	315	8,889	2,203,633	1 Jan 2026
25–44 years	45	1,840	21,153	4,699,676	1 Jan 2026
45–64 years	15	750	19,634	4,709,693	1 Jan 2026
65–79 years	0	195	12,136	2,876,999	1 Jan 2026
80 years and over	0	30	4,145	956,509	1 Jan 2026
Never married	45	2,395	38,046	9,101,569	1 Jan 2026
Married	25	1,635	29,801	6,758,191	1 Jan 2026
Divorced	0	175	6,371	1,404,105	1 Jan 2026
Widowed	0	30	3,600	866,343	1 Jan 2026
Dutch origin	45	2,825	53,079	12,859,141	1 Jan 2026
European origin (outside the Netherlands)	5	415	6,484	1,739,260	1 Jan 2026
Origin outside Europe	30	1,005	18,255	3,531,807	1 Jan 2026
Born in the Netherlands, Dutch origin	40	2,825	53,079	12,859,141	1 Jan 2026
Born in the Netherlands, European origin	5	120	2,285	614,116	1 Jan 2026
Born in the Netherlands, origin outside Europe	15	595	8,441	1,532,223	1 Jan 2026
Born elsewhere in Europe	0	290	4,199	1,125,144	1 Jan 2026
Born outside Europe	15	415	9,814	1,999,584	1 Jan 2026
Births	0	115	836	166,588	2025
Births per 1,000 residents	0	30	11	9	2025
Deaths	0	5	747	173,494	2025
Deaths per 1,000 residents	0	0	10	10	2025
Population density	1,098 per km²	1,471 per km²	4,694 per km²	539 per km²	1 Jan 2026
65 years and over	0	180	15,861	3,755,679	1 Jan 2025
Residents aged 15 and over	60	3,130	65,970	15,450,520	31 Dec 2025
Residents aged 15 up to state pension age	60	2,950	51,620	12,071,600	31 Dec 2025
Residents of state pension age	0	180	14,350	3,378,920	31 Dec 2025

Figures over time, 31 Mar 2025 to 31 Dec 2025

Figure	31 Mar 2025	30 Jun 2025	30 Sept 2025	31 Dec 2025
Residents aged 15 and over	40	60	60	60
Residents aged 15 up to state pension age	40	60	60	60
Residents of state pension age	0	0	0	0

Households

How many households there are and how they are made up.

Average household size

2.6

1 Jan 2026

Households by compositionFigures for 1 Jan 2026

	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands
Single-person households	16.7%5	26.8%445	40.4%14,640	40.3%3,412,202
Households without children	50%15	28.3%470	28.3%10,232	28.3%2,398,121
Households with children	33.3%10	44.9%745	31.3%11,342	31.4%2,664,351

All figures in this section

Figure	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands	Period
Households	30	1,660	36,214	8,474,674	1 Jan 2026
Single-person households	5	445	14,640	3,412,202	1 Jan 2026
Households without children	15	470	10,232	2,398,121	1 Jan 2026
Households with children	10	745	11,342	2,664,351	1 Jan 2026
Average household size	2.6	2.6	2.1	2.1	1 Jan 2026

Social security

Residents receiving a benefit or state pension.

Residents aged 15 and over receiving a benefitFigures for 31 Dec 2025

BoekdrukkersbuurtWestergouwe

State pension (AOW), share of residents aged 15 and over0%
Westergouwe: 6% · Gouda: 22% · Netherlands: 22%
Disability benefit, share of residents aged 15 and over2%
Westergouwe: 3% · Gouda: 5% · Netherlands: 5%
Social assistance, share of residents aged 15 and over0%
Westergouwe: 1% · Gouda: 3% · Netherlands: 3%
Unemployment benefit (WW), share of residents aged 15 and over0%
Westergouwe: 2% · Gouda: 1% · Netherlands: 1%

All figures in this section

Figure	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands	Period
People on social assistance	0	40	2,020	409,890	31 Dec 2025
People on disability benefit	0	80	3,450	798,610	31 Dec 2025
People on unemployment benefit (WW)	0	60	770	173,170	31 Dec 2025
People receiving state pension (AOW)	0	180	14,270	3,359,140	31 Dec 2025
Unemployment benefit (WW), share of residents aged 15 and over	0%	2%	1%	1%	31 Dec 2025
Social assistance, share of residents aged 15 and over	0%	1%	3%	3%	31 Dec 2025
Disability benefit, share of residents aged 15 and over	2%	3%	5%	5%	31 Dec 2025
State pension (AOW), share of residents aged 15 and over	0%	6%	22%	22%	31 Dec 2025

Figures over time, 30 Jun 2025 to 31 Dec 2025

Figure	30 Jun 2025	30 Sept 2025	31 Dec 2025
People on social assistance	0	0	0
People on disability benefit	0	0	0
People on unemployment benefit (WW)	0	0	0
People receiving state pension (AOW)	0	0	0
Unemployment benefit (WW), share of residents aged 15 and over	0%	0%	0%
Social assistance, share of residents aged 15 and over	0%	0%	0%
Disability benefit, share of residents aged 15 and over	2%	2%	2%
State pension (AOW), share of residents aged 15 and over	0%	0%	0%

Education

Education levels of residents, and pupils and students.

Pupils and studentsFigures for 2025

Primary school pupils0
Secondary school pupils0
Vocational (MBO) students0
Higher professional (HBO) students0
University (WO) students0

All figures in this section

Figure	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands	Period
Primary school pupils	560	6,220	1,464,300	2025
Secondary school pupils	150	4,040	935,800	2025
Vocational (MBO) students	60	2,020	466,800	2025
Higher professional (HBO) students	60	1,820	440,220	2025
University (WO) students	30	920	335,930	2025

Energy labels

Registered energy labels of homes, from the EP-Online register. The label shares count only homes with a registered label.

Homes with a registered energy label (share)

100%

8 Nov 2026Westergouwe: 92.6%Gouda: 64.5%Netherlands: 62.2%

Label A or better

100%

8 Nov 2026Westergouwe: 99.1%Gouda: 39%Netherlands: 44.5%

Label E, F or G

8 Nov 2026Westergouwe: 0.3%Gouda: 10.5%Netherlands: 9.6%

Homes with a registered energy label

146

8 Nov 2026

Homes with a label, by energy labelFigures for 8 Nov 2026

BoekdrukkersbuurtWestergouwe

Label A+++++0%
Westergouwe: 0% · Gouda: 0% · Netherlands: 0%
Label A++++50.7%
Westergouwe: 28.5% · Gouda: 2.3% · Netherlands: 1.2%
Label A+++49.3%
Westergouwe: 34.7% · Gouda: 5.6% · Netherlands: 4.1%
Label A++0%
Westergouwe: 2.9% · Gouda: 1.8% · Netherlands: 2.6%
Label A+0%
Westergouwe: 2.1% · Gouda: 3.6% · Netherlands: 4.7%
Label A0%
Westergouwe: 30.9% · Gouda: 25.7% · Netherlands: 31.9%
Label B0%
Westergouwe: 0.4% · Gouda: 16.6% · Netherlands: 16.5%
Label C0%
Westergouwe: 0.1% · Gouda: 24.5% · Netherlands: 21.6%
Label D0%
Westergouwe: 0.1% · Gouda: 9.4% · Netherlands: 7.8%
Label E0%
Westergouwe: 0.1% · Gouda: 5.2% · Netherlands: 4.4%
Label F0%
Westergouwe: 0.1% · Gouda: 3.1% · Netherlands: 2.6%
Label G0%
Westergouwe: 0.1% · Gouda: 2.2% · Netherlands: 2.5%

All figures in this section

Figure	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands	Period
Homes with a registered energy label	146	1,619	23,514	5,299,893	8 Nov 2026
Homes with a registered energy label (share)	100%	92.6%	64.5%	62.2%	8 Nov 2026
Label A+++++	0%	0%	0%	0%	8 Nov 2026
Label A++++	50.7%	28.5%	2.3%	1.2%	8 Nov 2026
Label A+++	49.3%	34.7%	5.6%	4.1%	8 Nov 2026
Label A++	0%	2.9%	1.8%	2.6%	8 Nov 2026
Label A+	0%	2.1%	3.6%	4.7%	8 Nov 2026
Label A	0%	30.9%	25.7%	31.9%	8 Nov 2026
Label B	0%	0.4%	16.6%	16.5%	8 Nov 2026
Label C	0%	0.1%	24.5%	21.6%	8 Nov 2026
Label D	0%	0.1%	9.4%	7.8%	8 Nov 2026
Label E	0%	0.1%	5.2%	4.4%	8 Nov 2026
Label F	0%	0.1%	3.1%	2.6%	8 Nov 2026
Label G	0%	0.1%	2.2%	2.5%	8 Nov 2026
Label A or better	100%	99.1%	39%	44.5%	8 Nov 2026
Label E, F or G	0%	0.3%	10.5%	9.6%	8 Nov 2026

Businesses

Business locations by sector.

Business locations

1 Jan 2025

All figures in this section

Figure	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands	Period
Business locations	0	560	9,410	2,551,540	1 Jan 2025

Cars and motorcycles

Registered vehicles of residents.

Passenger cars

1 Jan 2026

Motorcycles

1 Jan 2025

Passenger cars by fuelFigures for 1 Jan 2026

	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands
Petrol cars	76.7%23	67.3%1,158	78.7%23,017	77.9%6,176,696
Cars on other fuels	23.3%7	32.7%562	21.3%6,237	22.1%1,747,986

All figures in this section

Figure	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands	Period
Passenger cars	30	1,720	29,254	7,924,682	1 Jan 2026
Petrol cars	23	1,158	23,017	6,176,696	1 Jan 2026
Cars on other fuels	7	562	6,237	1,747,986	1 Jan 2026
Motorcycles	0	131	2,397	691,341	1 Jan 2025

Area and buildings

Land, water, address density and non-residential buildings.

Total area

7 ha

2026Westergouwe: 332 haGouda: 1,811 haNetherlands: 4,154,337 ha

Address density

321 per km²

1 Jan 2026Westergouwe: 792 per km²Gouda: 2,627 per km²Netherlands: 2,093 per km²

Non-residential properties

1 Jan 2025

Newly built non-residential properties

2025

Land and waterFigures for 2026

	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands
Land	100%7 ha	86.7%288 ha	91.6%1,658 ha	80.9%3,362,600 ha
Water	0%0 ha	13.3%44 ha	8.4%153 ha	19.1%791,737 ha

All figures in this section

Figure	Boekdrukkersbuurt	Westergouwe	Gouda	Netherlands	Period
Non-residential properties	0	251	4,197	1,212,492	1 Jan 2025
Newly built non-residential properties	1	4	35	13,383	2025
Total area	7 ha	332 ha	1,811 ha	4,154,337 ha	2026
Land	7 ha	288 ha	1,658 ha	3,362,600 ha	2026
Water	0 ha	44 ha	153 ha	791,737 ha	2026
Address density	321 per km²	792 per km²	2,627 per km²	2,093 per km²	1 Jan 2026