neighbourhood in Dijk en Waard
Schildersbuurt Zuid
2,845 residents · postal code 1701 · Part of Schilderswijk, Dijk en Waard
Everything close by, little to spend
Schildersbuurt Zuid comes out above the Dutch middle on four of the five pillars and only drops away on wealth & income, to a 4.9. That figure is not equally hard throughout: there is barely any vacancy, but the property value lags behind, the share of households with a high income is smaller than nationally and the social assistance rate almost double. Three of the four components therefore point the same way.
The 6.7 for quiet & nature is striking for a neighbourhood of this density. The noise level is virtually on the national median and the tree canopy well above it — the latter is what you notice stepping out into the street here, and it is exactly the sort of thing you cannot derive from a housing table. For families, a 7.9, the short school distance does the work, while nearly three in ten residents are 65 or over. The safety pillar of 6.6 comes from four offence types all lying close to the national middle.
- no. 4,064 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 28 of 58 in Dijk en Waard
How Schildersbuurt Zuid scores
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Is Schildersbuurt Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schildersbuurt Zuid comes out at 22 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, 72 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
Schildersbuurt Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,827 — 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 Schildersbuurt Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schildersbuurt Zuid comes out at 22 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 Schildersbuurt Zuid?
In Schildersbuurt Zuid the police recorded 72 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Schildersbuurt Zuid calculated?
Schildersbuurt Zuid scores 7.7 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 Schildersbuurt 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.
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