neighbourhood in Papendrecht

Molenbuurt

2,235 residents · postal code 3352 · Part of Molenvliet, Papendrecht

Top 32% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

The families pillar stands at a 10.0 here, the highest score available. That comes from the primary school three hundred metres away combined with more than four in ten households having children — two things that rarely coincide, since a short distance to school is usually found in a strongly ageing neighbourhood.

The flip side lies outside the neighbourhood. The nearest station is more than four kilometres away, and that keeps Molenbuurt at a 6.2 for amenities while the GP and a restaurant are close at hand.

The safety score of 6.1 deserves a note. The total number of reports is below the national median, but violence is twice above it, and that is precisely the type that counts for most in this pillar. Anyone going by the total alone misses that difference.

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no. 11 of 23 in Papendrecht

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Is Molenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Molenbuurt comes out at 20 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

19.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 51 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

1.1 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

4.5 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

7.1 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 370,000

Welfare recipients

17.9 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

33%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

86%

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

6,239 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,758

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

0.3 km

Households with children

42%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Molenbuurt has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,239 — 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 Molenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Molenbuurt comes out at 20 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 Molenbuurt?

In Molenbuurt the police recorded 51 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Molenbuurt calculated?

Molenbuurt scores 7.7 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 Molenbuurt 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.