neighbourhood in Papendrecht

Zuiddonk

2,165 residents · postal code 3355 · Part of Wilgendonk, Papendrecht

Bottom 29% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Zuiddonk has supermarket, GP, school and restaurant all four within five hundred metres, and yet the overall score does not rise above 4.6. Two pillars pull it down.

The first is safety at 4.2. Criminal damage here runs at more than double the national level, violence a good third above it and burglary at almost double; only theft stays below. The total barely deviates from the national middle, but the heaviest-weighted types are all above it.

The second is quiet & nature at 3.0: almost eight thousand people per square kilometre, a share of green space well below the national median, no water and traffic noise four decibels above the middle.

The 4.5 for wealth & income is less clear-cut than it looks. The income distribution sits practically on the national picture and vacancy is low; it is property value, a quarter below the median, and a social assistance rate more than three times the national one that press the figure down.

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Is Zuiddonk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuiddonk comes out at 25 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

25.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

7.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 63 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

3.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

6.4 km

Café

2.2 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 318,000

Welfare recipients

27.7 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

72%

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

7,897 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,088

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

0.5 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Zuiddonk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,897 — 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 Zuiddonk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuiddonk comes out at 25 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 Zuiddonk?

In Zuiddonk the police recorded 63 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Zuiddonk calculated?

Zuiddonk scores 4.6 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 Zuiddonk 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.