neighbourhood in Lelystad
Zuiderzeelaan, Waddenlaan
2,860 residents · postal code 8223 · Part of Zuiderzeewijk, Lelystad
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Four per cent of households on Zuiderzeelaan and Waddenlaan fall into the top income group, against almost a fifth nationally, and the social assistance rate is more than eight times the Dutch middle value. Of the five pillars, wealth and income at 2.8 is therefore the score in which no component points the other way, apart from the low vacancy.
The 3.2 for safety is about violence: it comes out at more than two and a half times the national middle here, while property offences stay below it. That makes it a different kind of insecurity from that of a shopping area.
What the neighbourhood does have is greenery and room to live with children. The tree canopy is more than two and a half times the national level, the primary school is five hundred metres away, and that produces a 9.4 for families — the highest of the five, in a neighbourhood where money is the bottleneck.
- no. 10,439 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 67 of 87 in Lelystad
How Zuiderzeelaan, Waddenlaan scores
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Is Zuiderzeelaan, Waddenlaan a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zuiderzeelaan, Waddenlaan comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 120 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
Zuiderzeelaan, Waddenlaan has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 16%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+13%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,280 — 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 Zuiderzeelaan, Waddenlaan a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zuiderzeelaan, Waddenlaan comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Zuiderzeelaan, Waddenlaan?
In Zuiderzeelaan, Waddenlaan the police recorded 120 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Zuiderzeelaan, Waddenlaan calculated?
Zuiderzeelaan, Waddenlaan scores 4.0 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 Zuiderzeelaan, Waddenlaan 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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