neighbourhood in Purmerend
Afrika
5,370 residents · postal code 1448 · Part of Weidevenne, Purmerend
Built almost entirely after 2000, the Afrika district in Purmerend's Weidevenne earns an overall mark of 9.1. Safety (8.6) and wealth (7.8) score highly, and with 46 percent of households raising children it is clearly family territory. Property values of €509,000 sit above the median. With just over 19 crimes per thousand residents, it is quiet.
- no. 856 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 31 in Purmerend
How Afrika 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, 135 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.
Tick = Dutch median
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
Afrika has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 15%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,102 — 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
How is the grade for Afrika calculated?
Afrika scores 9.5 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 Afrika 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 Afrika a safe neighbourhood?
Afrika scores 8.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (19.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Purmerend.
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