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Altena

1,940 residents · postal code 3223 · Part of Ravense Hoek, Voorne aan Zee

  • no. 364 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 1 of 67 in Voorne aan Zee

Scores per pillar

Altena in Hellevoetsluis is young polder new-build: everything post-2000, 85 percent owner-occupied and more than half the households with children. Socio-economically the neighbourhood scores 9.8 — position 383 nationally — and the 9.8 overall matches it. The price of the quiet: 26.5 kilometres to a station. Average value: €519k.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
1.3 km
General practitioner
1.6 km
Primary school
1.3 km
Secondary school
4.5 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
26.5 km
Hospital
3.1 km
Restaurant
1.3 km
Café
2.8 km
Library
4.4 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
16.2
Violent crimes
0.3
Burglaries
0.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 519,000
Owner-occupied
85%
Single-family homes
77%
Built after 2000
100%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 18%15–25 14%25–45 22%45–65 32%65+ 15%
Average household size
2.7
Households with children
53%
Single-person households
17%
Residents per km²
3,505

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Altena calculated?

Altena scores 9.8 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 Altena a safe neighbourhood?

Altena scores 9.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.