neighbourhood in De Ronde Venen
Proostdijland
3,720 residents · postal code 3641 · Part of Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen
Everything for children close by, and little room
Proostdijland scores 9.0 for amenities even though the nearest railway station is more than twelve kilometres away. That is possible because the GP, the supermarket and a restaurant are all within half a kilometre, and it is precisely those everyday distances that carry the most weight in the pillar.
The families score of 9.7 is among the highest in the Netherlands: a primary school round the corner, many households with children and a young age profile all come together here.
The 4.0 for wealth & income stands out against that. Property values stay below the national median, the top income group is clearly narrower than nationally and social assistance runs more than four times above it; only vacancy is low. For a Mijdrecht neighbourhood with these family figures, that is a sharper contrast than the overall score reveals.
- no. 4,155 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 12 of 24 in De Ronde Venen
How Proostdijland scores
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Is Proostdijland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Proostdijland comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 89 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.
Tick = Dutch median
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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Proostdijland has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,416 — far 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 Proostdijland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Proostdijland comes out at 19 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 Proostdijland?
In Proostdijland the police recorded 89 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Proostdijland calculated?
Proostdijland scores 7.6 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 Proostdijland 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.
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