neighbourhood in Almere

Noorderplassen W.-Zuid

2,185 residents · postal code 1319 · Part of Noorderplassen, Almere

Top 1% in the Netherlands

Safe, and nowhere really weak

Almost a third of the surface of Noorderplassen W.-Zuid is water. That is an exceptional share — nationally it is a fraction of a per cent — and because water makes up a fifth of the quiet & nature pillar, it is the main reason for the 8.7 there. Together with a low density, that makes this one of the quietest neighbourhoods in urban Flevoland.

The wealth & income pillar is just as clear-cut. All four components point the same way: the property value is well above the national middle, the highest income group is almost twice as broad here as nationally, the lowest narrower, and recorded social assistance does not occur.

What the overall score of 9.9 does not show is the one brake: amenities stay at 7.1, because the station is a good three kilometres away.

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Is Noorderplassen W.-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noorderplassen W.-Zuid comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Noorderplassen W.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

14.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

3.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 38 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.5 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

3.2 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

4.7 km

Café

3.1 km

Library

4.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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

€ 507,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

36%

Low incomes

26%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

87%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

Built after 2000

100%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

1,650 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

57%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

31%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

701

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.8 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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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.7 km

Households with children

50%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

3.3 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Noorderplassen W.-Zuid has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 7%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+7%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
50% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,650 — far less 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

Is Noorderplassen W.-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noorderplassen W.-Zuid comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Noorderplassen W.-Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Noorderplassen W.-Zuid?

In Noorderplassen W.-Zuid the police recorded 38 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Noorderplassen W.-Zuid calculated?

Noorderplassen W.-Zuid scores 9.9 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Noorderplassen W.-Zuid lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.