Living in Wijveld, Leuven

Standard score Green space, trees and services on foot; residents' median

Fair51

Wijveld is an area of Leuven with about 1,437 residents. Its CityPulse standard score is 51 out of 100 (fair): better than 7% of Leuven residents, ranked 51 of 51 areas.

Strengths

Protected cycle lanes: protected cycle lane 3 min walk

Weaknesses

Public transport frequency: 1 departures per hour between 7 and 9 am from nearby stops

Who Wijveld suits

Profile	Score	Rank in the city
Student	30 · poor	50 of 51
Family	61 · good	48 of 51
Over 65	55 · fair	50 of 51
Working from home	55 · fair	51 of 51
Commuter	24 · poor	51 of 51

Services on foot

Walking-network distance for the area's typical resident (median).

Service	Typical distance	On foot
Food shop	926 m	12 min walk
Pharmacy	955 m	12 min walk
Doctor	1,822 m	23 min walk
Nursery school	1,004 m	13 min walk
Primary school	1,004 m	13 min walk
Bus, tram or water bus stop	189 m	2 min walk
Metro or train station	1,869 m	23 min walk
Public green space	700 m	9 min walk
Large park (≥ 10 ha)	2,838 m	35 min walk
Playground	637 m	8 min walk
Protected cycle lane	210 m	3 min walk

Greenery, air and transport

12.6% tree canopy within 500 m (city median: 20.0%)
8.2 µg/m³ of PM2.5, 2024 annual mean
1 departures per hour between 7 and 9 am (city median: 12)
Low density

Streets and squares in Wijveld

Dijleoever · Driesstraat · Hambosstraat · Kroonstraat · Meerstraat · Michielstraat · Puttebosstraat · Rotselaarsesteenweg · Spoorstraat · Steenakkerstraat · Torenstraat · Vijfde Liniestraat / Rotselaarsesteenweg · Wakkerzeelsebaan

Nearby areas

Wijgmaal 70
Wilsele-Putkapel 57

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-06. Method and sources