neighbourhood in Vlaardingen
Zuidbuurt
3,470 residents · postal code 3132 · Part of Westwijk, Vlaardingen
Mostly rented in a densely built corner of Vlaardingen: only 22 percent of homes are owner-occupied and barely three in ten are single-family. The scores are low almost across the board — a 2.8 for wealth & income, 3.7 for space & quiet, 4.0 for safety on more than 39 crimes per 1,000 people present. Only amenities hold up, at 7.8. At €244,000, with income of €25,000 per resident, this is the cheapest and least affluent neighbourhood in this set.
- no. 10,068 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 20 of 31 in Vlaardingen
How Zuidbuurt scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 182 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
Zuidbuurt has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,099 — 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
How is the grade for Zuidbuurt calculated?
Zuidbuurt scores 4.2 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Zuidbuurt lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Zuidbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
Zuidbuurt scores 4.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (39.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Vlaardingen.
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