neighbourhood in Dordrecht

Merwedepolder-Oost

1,775 residents · postal code 3313 · Part of Staart, Dordrecht

Bottom 20% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

More than a third of the residents of Merwedepolder-Oost are 65 or older, and that shows in two scores at once. Families gets no further than a 3.6, and here that really is down to distance: the primary school is two kilometres away, and it weighs heaviest within that pillar.

The GP is further still, more than three kilometres, while the supermarket is around the corner. That contrast is built into the 5.7 for amenities; this is not a neighbourhood without shops, but it is one where care and the station require a journey.

What stands up well here is quiet & nature: a 7.0, with a noise level below the national median and more than a tenth of the surface water. Together with a 7.5 for safety — all four offence types at or below the median — that makes a calm neighbourhood out of an overall score that stalls at 3.9.

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no. 79 of 102 in Dordrecht

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Is Merwedepolder-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Merwedepolder-Oost comes out at 18 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

18.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

5.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 34 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

3.1 km

Train station

4.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

5.3 km

Café

3.8 km

Library

4.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 257,000

Welfare recipients

11.3 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

40%

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

5,625 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

11%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,367

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

2.0 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

3.4 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Merwedepolder-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–257%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+36%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,625 — 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 Merwedepolder-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Merwedepolder-Oost comes out at 18 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 Merwedepolder-Oost?

In Merwedepolder-Oost the police recorded 34 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Merwedepolder-Oost calculated?

Merwedepolder-Oost scores 3.9 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 Merwedepolder-Oost 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.