neighbourhood in Middelburg (Z.)

Prooijenspark

350 residents · postal code 4333 · Part of Veersepoort, Middelburg (Z.)

Top 33% in the Netherlands

Well-off, schools and childcare further off

Prooijenspark has one of the hundred highest wealth scores in the Netherlands, and that comes almost entirely from the property value, which is roughly three times the national median. The rest confirms the picture without carrying it — high incomes are strongly represented, social assistance does not occur and vacancy is negligible. Only the share of households on a low income sits close to the national median, so this is not a neighbourhood without modest means.

What that setting costs shows up in two other pillars. With just under three hundred and fifty residents across a large area, amenities are at a distance: GP and restaurant more than two kilometres away, the station more than three. And with the primary school over a kilometre off and a population much of which has passed 65, the families score stalls at 4.3.

no. 4,282 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 19 of 52 in Middelburg (Z.)

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Is Prooijenspark a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Prooijenspark comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

21.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

6.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 6 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

1.6 km

GP practice

2.3 km

Train station

3.4 km

Restaurant

2.3 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

2.6 km

Library

3.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 744,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

36%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

99%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

99%

Built after 2000

17%

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

719 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

70%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

828

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

1.2 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

1.2 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Prooijenspark has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–459%
NL median 22%
45–6533%
NL median 28%
65+37%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
719 — 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 Prooijenspark a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Prooijenspark comes out at 22 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 Prooijenspark?

In Prooijenspark the police recorded 6 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Prooijenspark calculated?

Prooijenspark scores 7.5 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 Prooijenspark 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.