neighbourhood in Nieuwkoop
Noordse Buurt
200 residents · postal code 2432 · Part of Kern Noordse Dorp, Nieuwkoop
Home to 200 residents, Noordse Buurt is a rural area in Nieuwkoop. On the national yardstick its total score is 9.9. The profile is pronounced: wealth and income scores 9.8, while safety lags at 7.1. Housing sits in the upper segment, with an average property value of €642k versus €422k nationally.
- no. 192 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 28 in Nieuwkoop
How Noordse Buurt 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.
In 2025, 3 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
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.
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
Noordse Buurt has strikingly few young people aged 15 to 25: 7%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–257%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
139 — 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
How is the grade for Noordse Buurt calculated?
Noordse Buurt scores 9.9 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 Noordse Buurt 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 Noordse Buurt a safe neighbourhood?
Noordse Buurt scores 7.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (23.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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