neighbourhood in Schouwen-Duiveland
Poortambacht
4,595 residents · postal code 4301 · Part of Zierikzee, Schouwen-Duiveland
- no. 8,218 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 29 of 49 in Schouwen-Duiveland
Scores per pillar
Reaching the railway means driving almost 24 kilometres: Zierikzee sits deep in Zeeland, far from any station. The scores are strikingly level — amenities 7.1, safety 6.7, nature 6.2, housing 5.1 — with no real outlier. Four in five homes are single-family, over half owner-occupied, and 28 per cent of residents are 65 or older. Property at €337,000 stays below the national midpoint, while crime, at 26 per 1,000 people present, hovers around the median.
Amenities nearby
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
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Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Poortambacht calculated?
Poortambacht scores 5.3 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 Poortambacht a safe neighbourhood?
Poortambacht scores 6.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.