neighbourhood in Purmerend
Zuiderpolder
2,310 residents · postal code 1441 · Part of Centrum, Purmerend
Everything close by, little space
The 7.7 for families in Zuiderpolder is not a population figure but a distance figure. Almost two thirds of that pillar consists of distance to school and childcare, and the primary school is round the corner here; the share of children under fifteen is clearly below the national picture and almost a third of residents are 65 or older.
Something similar holds for the offences: the headline figure is just above the national median, but violence and burglary stay below it. What does stand out is vandalism, well over double the national level. This is a neighbourhood where the nuisance shows up on the street and against property, not in violence between people. The wealth & income pillar meanwhile lags behind the national middle, mainly through property values below the median.
- no. 4,948 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 12 of 31 in Purmerend
How Zuiderpolder scores
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Is Zuiderpolder a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zuiderpolder 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.
In 2025, 74 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
Zuiderpolder has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+32%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,437 — 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 Zuiderpolder a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zuiderpolder 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 Zuiderpolder?
In Zuiderpolder the police recorded 74 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 Zuiderpolder calculated?
Zuiderpolder scores 7.2 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 Zuiderpolder 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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