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Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord

1,820 residents · postal code 1333 · Part of Bouwmeesterbuurt, Almere

Top 4% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Every home in Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord is a single-family house, and 94 per cent are owner-occupied — a decidedly family district in Almere. The overall grade reaches a 9.0, with an 8.6 for both safety and amenities. Children live in more than four of every ten households. At €383,000 the average value stays below the median, and with 16.4 offences per 1,000 people present the streets are safe.

  • no. 393 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 17 of 174 in Almere

How Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
16.4 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.2 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.5 per 1,000
Property crime
4.7 per 1,000
Vandalism
3.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 31 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
0.5 km
GP practice
1.0 km
Train station
2.3 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Hospital
5.4 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
2.2 km
Motorway ramp
1.0 km

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Wealth & income

What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Property value
€ 383,000
Welfare recipients
5.5 per 1,000
High incomes
20%
Low incomes
35%
Vacancy
2%
Owner-occupied
94%
Social housing
3%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
100%
Built after 2000
0%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
4,481 inw/km²
Noise level
56 dB
Green surroundings
60%
Trees nearby
12%
Water share
7%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
1,028
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.9 µg/m³

Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.3 km
Households with children
42%
Childcare
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.3 km
Residents under 15
15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1515%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2511%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4528%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6527%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+19%

    NL median 22%

Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.

  • Average household size

    2.4around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    23%fewer than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    42%more than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    4,481far more densely populated than average

    NL median 2,364

Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord calculated?

Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord scores 9.8 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord a safe neighbourhood?

Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord scores 8.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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