neighbourhood in Montferland

Didam-Zuid

5,220 residents · postal code 6942 · Part of Didam, Montferland

Top 48% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

What makes Didam-Zuid's 9.2 for amenities special is the railway station seven hundred metres away. Plenty of neighbourhoods have a supermarket and a GP nearby; a station within walking distance is what sets this score apart from the rest.

Set against that accessibility is a 3.9 for quiet with no single identifiable cause. Greenery, tree canopy, noise and water each sit a little less favourably than the national average, and added to the population density that produces a low score even though none of those measurements stands out on its own.

The families figure of 5.2 does not come from the distance to school, because the primary school is just around the corner. It lies in the age structure: children are thin on the ground here and almost a third of residents are 65 or over. A neighbourhood that is well connected and ageing at the same time is exactly what those two figures show together.

no. 6,263 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 19 of 26 in Montferland

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Is Didam-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Didam-Zuid comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.

Total crime

18.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

7.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 119 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

0.7 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

4.9 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 297,000

Welfare recipients

15.3 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

11%

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

3,311 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,251

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

0.9 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Didam-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,311 — 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 Didam-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Didam-Zuid comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Didam-Zuid?

In Didam-Zuid the police recorded 119 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Didam-Zuid calculated?

Didam-Zuid scores 6.4 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 Didam-Zuid 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.