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neighbourhood in Purmerend

Zuiderpolder

2,310 residents · postal code 1441 · Part of Centrum, Purmerend

  • no. 7,785 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 20 of 31 in Purmerend

Scores per pillar

Zuiderpolder sits against Purmerend's centre and benefits from it: amenities score a 9.5, with GP and school a few hundred metres off and the station a kilometre and a half away. The population is old, with nearly a third over 65, and the housing score trails at 4.1. The average home value is €358,000. Crime, at 25.3 offences per 1,000 people present, sits around the median.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
1.0 km
General practitioner
0.3 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
1.5 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
1.6 km
Hospital
1.8 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
1.2 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
25.3
Violent crimes
1.7
Burglaries
0.4

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 358,000
Owner-occupied
55%
Single-family homes
70%
Built after 2000
2%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 10%25–45 21%45–65 26%65+ 32%
Average household size
1.9
Households with children
28%
Single-person households
41%
Residents per km²
6,437

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Zuiderpolder calculated?

Zuiderpolder scores 5.5 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 Zuiderpolder a safe neighbourhood?

Zuiderpolder scores 5.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (25.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.