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Wijkermeerbuurt

765 residents · postal code 1951 · Part of Velsen-Noord, Velsen

  • no. 9,937 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 45 of 60 in Velsen
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Scores per pillar

Home to 765 residents, Wijkermeerbuurt is a rural area in Velsen. Measured against every neighbourhood in the Netherlands, it scores 4.3 out of 10. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 9.3, while socio-economic position lags at 2.9.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
2.6 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
1.5 km
Hospital
0.4 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
2.5 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
45.7
Violent crimes
8.5
Burglaries
0.3

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 304,000
Owner-occupied
23%
Single-family homes
67%
Built after 2000
1%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 14%25–45 33%45–65 25%65+ 15%
Average household size
1.9
Households with children
30%
Single-person households
48%
Residents per km²
729

Nearby neighbourhoods

Watervlietbuurt

Velsen

6.4

Duinvlietbuurt

Velsen

3.9

Van Gelderbuurt

Velsen

3.0

Meerplein

Beverwijk

3.5

Gildenbuurt

Velsen

3.1

Velsen-Dorp

Velsen

6.8

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Zuiderpark

Rotterdam

4.3

Boulevard Noord

Zandvoort

4.3

Oosterwolde-Duistereweg

Ooststellingwerf

4.3

Pijlsweerd-Noord

Utrecht

4.3

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Wijkermeerbuurt calculated?

Wijkermeerbuurt scores 4.3 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 Wijkermeerbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Wijkermeerbuurt scores 4.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (45.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.