neighbourhood in Dijk en Waard
Buitengebied Zuid-Scharwoude
50 residents · postal code 1722 · Part of Zuid-Scharwoude, Dijk en Waard
Home to 50 residents, Buitengebied Zuid-Scharwoude is a rural area in Dijk en Waard. Measured against every neighbourhood in the Netherlands, it scores 5.4 out of 10. The profile is pronounced: space and quiet scores 7.9, while safety lags at 4.6. For families it stands at 6.3.
- no. 8,029 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 43 of 58 in Dijk en Waard
This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.
How Buitengebied Zuid-Scharwoude scores
Do some of these matter more to you than others?
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 1 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Dijk en Waard →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Dijk en Waard →
The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
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
Buitengebied Zuid-Scharwoude has strikingly many children under 15: 23%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1523%
NL median 14%
- 15–25–Not enough data
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
27 — 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
How is the grade for Buitengebied Zuid-Scharwoude calculated?
Buitengebied Zuid-Scharwoude scores 5.4 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 Buitengebied Zuid-Scharwoude 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 Buitengebied Zuid-Scharwoude a safe neighbourhood?
Buitengebied Zuid-Scharwoude scores 4.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (28.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Dijk en Waard
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Dijk en Waard.
Highest grades
Lowest grades
More about this area
Nearby neighbourhoods
Buitengebied Noord-Scharwoude
Dijk en Waard
Westerdel Noord
Dijk en Waard
Westerdel Zuid
Dijk en Waard
Daalmeer-Noordoost
Alkmaar
Mayersloot Noord
Dijk en Waard
Daalmeer-Noordwest
Alkmaar