neighbourhood in Ridderkerk

Het Zand

3,880 residents · postal code 2984 · Part of Het Zand, Ridderkerk

Top 27% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

In Het Zand every component of the wealth & income pillar points the same way, and that is exceptional. Property values sit above the Dutch median, so does the share of high incomes, the share of low incomes sits below it, vacancy is negligible and the number of social assistance claims per thousand residents is under a third of the national level. An 8.1 that rides not on one component but on all five.

Set against that is a 3.9 for quiet & nature, and noise is not to blame — that runs only slightly above the middle. It is building density, combined with less greenery than average in the immediate surroundings and no open water at all. A neighbourhood that feels spacious to residents can still come out low on this measure.

The practical drawback sits with amenities: the GP is a good kilometre and a half away and the railway station far beyond that. For anyone without a car that is the difference between this neighbourhood and the 8.0 standing above it as the overall score.

no. 3,418 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 2 of 10 in Ridderkerk

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Is Het Zand a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Het Zand comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Het Zand is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

13.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

4.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 54 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.9 km

GP practice

1.6 km

Train station

7.4 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 445,000

Welfare recipients

2.6 per 1,000

High incomes

27%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

91%

Social housing

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

68%

Built after 2000

24%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

6,750 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,815

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.8 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Het Zand looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,750 — 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 Het Zand a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Het Zand comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Het Zand is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Het Zand?

In Het Zand the police recorded 54 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Het Zand calculated?

Het Zand scores 8.0 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 Het Zand 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.