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Huizermaat Noord

2,835 residents · postal code 1273 · Part of Huizermaat Noord, Huizen

Top 23% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

One of the highest safety scores in this set, 9.5, marks out Huizermaat Noord, where wealth & income, at 5.0, lags well behind. That safety score is well supported, with 15.4 crimes per 1,000 people present against a national median of 24. Average home values of €354,000 sit below the national median of €422,000, and 28 percent of residents are over 65. Just over half of homes, 56 percent, are owner-occupied, and forty percent of households are single-person.

  • no. 2,955 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 9 of 27 in Huizen

How Huizermaat Noord scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
15.4 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.5 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.3 per 1,000
Property crime
4.3 per 1,000
Vandalism
1.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 51 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.
Supermarket
0.6 km
GP practice
0.7 km
Train station
8.5 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Hospital
6.9 km
Café
7.0 km
Library
2.0 km
Motorway ramp
3.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 354,000
Welfare recipients
21.2 per 1,000
High incomes
18%
Low incomes
36%
Vacancy
2%
Owner-occupied
56%
Social housing
37%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
61%
Built after 2000
3%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
6,762 inw/km²
Noise level
51 dB
Green surroundings
36%
Trees nearby
10%
Water share
5%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
2,052
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.2 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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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.4 km
Households with children
30%
Childcare
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.1 km
Residents under 15
14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Huizermaat Noord has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1514%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–259%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4523%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6527%

    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

    2.0smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    40%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    30%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    6,762far 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

How is the grade for Huizermaat Noord calculated?

Huizermaat Noord scores 8.3 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Huizermaat Noord lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Huizermaat Noord a safe neighbourhood?

Huizermaat Noord scores 9.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (15.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Huizen.

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