neighbourhood in Edam-Volendam

Broeckgouw

2,905 residents · postal code 1132 · Part of Volendam, Edam-Volendam

Top 5% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Broeckgouw was built entirely after 2000, and that shows in nearly every figure except the one for quiet and nature. That one stops at 4.2, even though traffic noise is below the national level. What is missing is greenery: both the share of green within three hundred metres and the tree canopy sit far under the Dutch middle value. Quiet, here, is not the same as green.

The second tension lies between two pillars that are easily confused. Families score 9.7, amenities 5.3 — and that is no contradiction. The primary school is around the corner, and school distance is the heaviest component of the families pillar. The GP is more than two kilometres away and the nearest railway station over ten. Anyone with young children here walks to school; anyone heading for the train drives.

no. 607 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 4 of 26 in Edam-Volendam

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Is Broeckgouw a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Broeckgouw comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Broeckgouw is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

12.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

2.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 42 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

0.4 km

GP practice

2.6 km

Train station

10.5 km

Restaurant

1.7 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

2.6 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

3.0 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

€ 479,000

Welfare recipients

3.4 per 1,000

High incomes

34%

Low incomes

23%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

77%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

71%

Built after 2000

100%

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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

6,324 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

31%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,123

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 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

54%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

3.4 km

Residents under 15

33%

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Who lives here

Broeckgouw has strikingly many children under 15: 33%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1533%
NL median 14%
15–255%
NL median 11%
25–4545%
NL median 22%
45–6511%
NL median 28%
65+6%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
54% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,324 — 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 Broeckgouw a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Broeckgouw?

In Broeckgouw the police recorded 42 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Broeckgouw calculated?

Broeckgouw scores 9.7 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 Broeckgouw 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.