neighbourhood in Nissewaard

Poldergebied Simonshaven

370 residents · postal code 3212 · Part of Simonshaven, Nissewaard

Bottom 18% in the Netherlands

Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children

More than a quarter of the addresses in Poldergebied Simonshaven are vacant — nearly seven times the national middle and by far the most deviant number here. That the wealth & income pillar still reaches 7.2 comes from a property value around the national median, a broad top income group and the absence of social assistance benefits.

At thirty-nine residents per square kilometre this is one of the thinly populated corners of the Netherlands, and the quiet & nature pillar reflects that with a 9.5: plenty of greenery, plenty of water and traffic noise far below the median.

The 2.6 for families stands directly opposite. The primary school is two and a half kilometres away and only five per cent of residents are under fifteen, while nearly a third are 65 or older. This is an area where the age structure and the distances both point the same way.

no. 10,798 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 59 of 78 in Nissewaard

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Is Poldergebied Simonshaven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Poldergebied Simonshaven comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

34.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

11.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 21 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

2.6 km

GP practice

2.5 km

Train station

21.5 km

Restaurant

2.3 km

Hospital

7.1 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

6.1 km

Motorway ramp

4.7 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

€ 427,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

28%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

27%

Owner-occupied

92%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

99%

Built after 2000

74%

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

39 inw/km²

Noise level

44 dB

Green surroundings

71%

Trees nearby

Water share

11%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

356

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

2.5 km

Households with children

22%

Childcare

2.5 km

Secondary school

6.0 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Poldergebied Simonshaven has strikingly few children under 15: 5%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–155%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4511%
NL median 22%
45–6544%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
39 — 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 Poldergebied Simonshaven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Poldergebied Simonshaven comes out at 35 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 Poldergebied Simonshaven?

In Poldergebied Simonshaven the police recorded 21 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Poldergebied Simonshaven calculated?

Poldergebied Simonshaven scores 3.8 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 Poldergebied Simonshaven 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.