neighbourhood in Terneuzen
Kern Zaamslag
1,865 residents · postal code 4543 · Part of Kern Zaamslag, Terneuzen
Safe streets, thinner wallets
The nearest station is more than thirty-five kilometres from Kern Zaamslag, and yet amenities score 7.8. That is because the other seven distances in the pillar together weigh far more than the station alone, and here they are short: shop, GP, school and restaurant are all four half a kilometre away or less.
The quiet & nature pillar is less clear-cut than the village setting suggests. There is considerably more greenery around than is usual nationally and it is quiet, but the tree canopy is a fraction of the national level and open water is absent. So it stays at 5.8.
Among the offences the total is well below the national median and violence at roughly half of it; only burglary occurs somewhat more often. The wealth & income pillar is the weakest at 3.4, with a property value far below the median.
- no. 6,607 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 36 in Terneuzen
How Kern Zaamslag scores
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Is Kern Zaamslag a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern Zaamslag comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kern Zaamslag is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 29 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
The age profile of Kern Zaamslag looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,017 — less 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 Kern Zaamslag a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern Zaamslag comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kern Zaamslag 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 Kern Zaamslag?
In Kern Zaamslag the police recorded 29 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Kern Zaamslag calculated?
Kern Zaamslag scores 6.2 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 Kern Zaamslag 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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