neighbourhood in Terneuzen

Zuiderpark

1,960 residents · postal code 4532 · Part of Terneuzen Noord, Terneuzen

Bottom 17% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Zuiderpark has the quiet of a village and the wealth figures of a city neighbourhood under strain: 7.8 against 2.8. The first comes from a low noise level, more tree canopy than is usual nationally and a built-up area that is not dense. The second has one figure that stands far out: social assistance runs at nearly six times the national figure, and alongside that the property value stays far below the median.

The offences follow the second track. Theft is recorded one and a half times as often as nationally and violence more than twice, while burglary stays below the median. That makes the 3.7 for safety.

The railway station is twenty-nine kilometres away, but that costs the amenities pillar less than you would expect: shop, GP, school and restaurant are all within eight hundred metres.

no. 10,964 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 20 of 36 in Terneuzen

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Is Zuiderpark a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

37.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

13.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 92 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

29.0 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.8 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

€ 219,000

Welfare recipients

45.9 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

75%

Built after 2000

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

2,766 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,653

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

0.7 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,766 — 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 Zuiderpark a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuiderpark comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Zuiderpark is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Zuiderpark?

In Zuiderpark the police recorded 92 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 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 Zuiderpark calculated?

Zuiderpark scores 3.7 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 Zuiderpark 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.