neighbourhood in Gouda
Polderbuurt
3,075 residents · postal code 2807 · Part of Goverwelle, Gouda
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
A 9.9 for families is almost impossible to reach unless two things hold at once, and in Polderbuurt both do: the primary school is three hundred metres away and almost half of households have children. That is not a figure rolling out of a model but a neighbourhood that genuinely looks like that.
Safety follows with a 9.0. All four types of offence are below the national median, theft most clearly of all.
The one component that disappoints is going out: the nearest restaurant is more than two kilometres away, while supermarket, GP and station are close by. That pushes the amenities pillar down to a 7.3. Wealth & income comes out at a 5.9 and is divided — an above-average share of high incomes, but also a social assistance rate well above the national middle.
- no. 587 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 46 in Gouda
How Polderbuurt scores
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Is Polderbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Polderbuurt comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Polderbuurt 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.
In 2025, 48 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
Polderbuurt has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+15%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,677 — 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 Polderbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Polderbuurt comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Polderbuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Polderbuurt?
In Polderbuurt the police recorded 48 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Polderbuurt calculated?
Polderbuurt 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 Polderbuurt 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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