neighbourhood in Heiloo

Zuiderneg

1,755 residents · postal code 1852 · Part of Heiloo-West, Heiloo

Top 5% in the Netherlands

Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children

With a 9.5 for quiet & nature, Zuiderneg is among the eight hundred quietest neighbourhoods in the Netherlands, and that figure stands on three legs at once: more than three quarters of the immediate surroundings are green, the tree canopy is twice as dense as nationally, and sound levels are below the median. Pillars like this usually rest on one strong component.

The families score of 5.8 can here genuinely be traced to who lives in the neighbourhood, and that is exceptional. The primary school is six hundred metres away, so distance is not the issue; it is the age structure. Four in ten residents are 65 or older and only one in nine is under fifteen.

Wealth & income comes out at 7.5, marginally less unambiguous than the rest: property values are well above the national middle, but so is social assistance, and that holds the pillar back.

no. 616 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 6 of 18 in Heiloo

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Is Zuiderneg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuiderneg comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zuiderneg is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

16.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

7.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 30 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

1.3 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

4.6 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

3.1 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

€ 533,000

Welfare recipients

17.1 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

74%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

70%

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

1,649 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

77%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,165

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.4 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

0.6 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Zuiderneg has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 40%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4515%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+40%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,649 — 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

Is Zuiderneg a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Zuiderneg?

In Zuiderneg the police recorded 30 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Zuiderneg calculated?

Zuiderneg scores 9.6 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 Zuiderneg 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.