neighbourhood in Medemblik

Midwoud Buitengebied

245 residents · postal code 1679 · Part of Midwoud, Medemblik

Bottom 37% in the Netherlands

Room to spare, amenities further off

Fifty residents per square kilometre: Midwoud Buitengebied is empty, and that is exactly what the quiet & nature pillar rewards with a 9.0. Noise levels are far below the national median and a good four fifths of the surroundings are green. Only the tree canopy lags behind.

The flip side is accessibility. Supermarket, GP and primary school are all around two kilometres away, which puts amenities at a 3.6 and families at a 3.9 — school distance largely determines that last figure. The wealth & income pillar comes out higher than the overall score at a 7.9: property value is well above the median, social assistance is absent and the top income group is broader than the national figure, while vacancy is slightly above it.

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no. 34 of 51 in Medemblik

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Is Midwoud Buitengebied a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Midwoud Buitengebied comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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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

26.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

9.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 9 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

1.7 km

GP practice

1.7 km

Train station

9.9 km

Restaurant

1.7 km

Hospital

10.0 km

Café

4.8 km

Library

5.3 km

Motorway ramp

3.3 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

€ 532,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

83%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

97%

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

49 inw/km²

Noise level

42 dB

Green surroundings

83%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.8 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

1.8 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

1.8 km

Secondary school

8.1 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Midwoud Buitengebied has strikingly many residents aged 45 to 65: 36%, against 28% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6536%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
49 — 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 Midwoud Buitengebied a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Midwoud Buitengebied comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Midwoud Buitengebied?

In Midwoud Buitengebied the police recorded 9 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Midwoud Buitengebied calculated?

Midwoud Buitengebied scores 5.3 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 Midwoud Buitengebied 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.