neighbourhood in Almere

Parkwijk Zuidwest

590 residents · postal code 1326 · Part of Parkwijk, Almere

Top 3% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not carefree

Parkwijk Zuidwest reaches a 9.3 for families while relatively few children live there: one in ten residents is under fifteen and almost a quarter is 65 or older. The score comes from the primary school three hundred metres away, since school distance is the heaviest component of that pillar. Anyone reading this score as proof of many young families is reading it wrong.

The wealth & income pillar is as clear-cut as its score suggests: high property values, no social assistance, little vacancy and many high-income households produce a 9.9.

Safety lags behind the rest at a 6.2, and that is not down to theft, which is below the national middle here, but to violence and burglary, which both come just above it.

no. 379 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 15 of 174 in Almere

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Is Parkwijk Zuidwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Parkwijk Zuidwest comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

19.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

7.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 11 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

2.6 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

2.4 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 625,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

37%

Low incomes

27%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

98%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

91%

Built after 2000

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

2,892 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,048

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 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

0.3 km

Households with children

41%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Parkwijk Zuidwest has strikingly many residents aged 45 to 65: 38%, against 28% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6538%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
13% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,892 — 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

Is Parkwijk Zuidwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Parkwijk Zuidwest comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Parkwijk Zuidwest?

In Parkwijk Zuidwest the police recorded 11 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Parkwijk Zuidwest calculated?

Parkwijk Zuidwest scores 9.8 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 Parkwijk Zuidwest 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.