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Emmakwartier

1,660 residents · postal code 1814 · Part of Zuid, Alkmaar

  • no. 2,933 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 19 of 63 in Alkmaar
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Scores per pillar

Home to 1,660 residents, Emmakwartier is a dense urban neighbourhood in Alkmaar. On the national yardstick it earns a grade of 8.3. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 9.4, while nature and quiet lags at 3.6.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
1.0 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
0.5 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
1.7 km
Hospital
0.7 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
1.0 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
24.7
Violent crimes
0.3
Burglaries
0.8

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 437,000
Owner-occupied
55%
Single-family homes
45%
Built after 2000
16%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 14%15–25 11%25–45 18%45–65 24%65+ 33%
Average household size
2.1
Households with children
30%
Single-person households
43%
Residents per km²
9,547

Nearby neighbourhoods

Staatsliedenkwartier en Landstraten

Alkmaar

4.5

Oud-Rochdale

Alkmaar

4.1

Nassaukwartier en Hout

Alkmaar

8.4

Dillenburg en Stadhouderskwartier

Alkmaar

7.1

Binnenstad-West

Alkmaar

6.4

Binnenstad-Oost

Alkmaar

6.7

Similar neighbourhoods

Bieshaar-Zuid

Amersfoort

8.3

De Klenckebuurt

Amsterdam

8.3

Marlot

's-Gravenhage

8.3

De Flier

Wijchen

8.3

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Emmakwartier calculated?

Emmakwartier scores 8.3 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Emmakwartier a safe neighbourhood?

Emmakwartier scores 7.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (24.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.