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Wheermolen-West

2,545 residents · postal code 1443 · Part of Wheermolen, Purmerend

  • no. 9,814 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 26 of 31 in Purmerend
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Scores per pillar

Wheermolen-West in Purmerend has two faces: amenities at 8.2 and the station 700 metres away, against social cohesion and nature both stuck at 3.5. This is a rental neighbourhood in transition, with 21 per cent owner-occupied, 57 per cent built after 2000 and almost half of households single-person. One resident in three is over 65. At just over 24 crimes per 1,000 people present, safety sits around the median; property, at 353,000 euro, stays under the middle.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.9 km
Secondary school
1.6 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
0.7 km
Hospital
1.3 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
1.5 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
24.5
Violent crimes
0.8
Burglaries
1.3

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 353,000
Owner-occupied
21%
Single-family homes
34%
Built after 2000
57%
Income per resident
€ 30,000

Who lives here

0–15 12%15–25 9%25–45 23%45–65 23%65+ 33%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
25%
Single-person households
48%
Residents per km²
9,061

Nearby neighbourhoods

Wagenweg

Purmerend

4.8

Wheermolen-Oost

Purmerend

3.1

Stationsbuurt

Purmerend

4.0

Gors-Noord

Purmerend

5.8

Overwhere-Zuid

Purmerend

3.2

Werktuigenbuurt

Purmerend

5.4

Similar neighbourhoods

Componistenbuurt-Zuid

Alphen aan den Rijn

4.4

Natuurkundigenbuurt

Oosterhout

4.4

Lobith

Zevenaar

4.4

Volendam-Rozettenbuurt

Edam-Volendam

4.4

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Wheermolen-West calculated?

Wheermolen-West scores 4.4 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Wheermolen-West a safe neighbourhood?

Wheermolen-West scores 5.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (24.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.