neighbourhood in Purmerend
Maten- en Zuivelbuurt
2,600 residents · postal code 1445 · Part of Purmer-Noord, Purmerend
Plenty of space, less prosperity
Not one pillar in the Maten- en Zuivelbuurt falls below six or rises above eight, and precisely that makes the most interesting figure visible: the 7.5 for quiet & nature in a neighbourhood with urban density. The tree canopy is nearly double the national level and there is more open water than average; that offsets what the built environment costs.
The safety score of 6.2 is the weakest of the five and turns on one offence type. Violence sits above the national median, while property crime and vandalism stay below it and burglary sits exactly on it. As for the families score of 6.4, the school is a kilometre away and almost four in ten households have children — it is distance that limits the figure, not the number of children.
- no. 5,025 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 14 of 31 in Purmerend
How Maten- en Zuivelbuurt scores
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Is Maten- en Zuivelbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Maten- en Zuivelbuurt comes out at 22 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.
In 2025, 68 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
The age profile of Maten- en Zuivelbuurt looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,390 — 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 Maten- en Zuivelbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Maten- en Zuivelbuurt comes out at 22 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 Maten- en Zuivelbuurt?
In Maten- en Zuivelbuurt the police recorded 68 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Maten- en Zuivelbuurt calculated?
Maten- en Zuivelbuurt scores 7.1 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 Maten- en Zuivelbuurt 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.
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