neighbourhood in Waterland
Ilpendam
1,735 residents · postal code 1452 · Part of Ilpendam, Waterland
School close by, shops further off
The GP and the primary school in Ilpendam are round the corner, the nearest supermarket almost five kilometres away. That is an unusual combination, and it explains why the families pillar comes out at 8.4 while amenities stalls at 6.0: the supermarket is the heaviest component there and does not count in the families pillar.
The share of greenery nearby, at almost four fifths of the area, is far above the national middle. Even so, quiet & nature gets no further than 7.4, because the noise level is above the national median and the tree canopy far below it.
On wealth & income the social assistance rate is the only component working against; property value, high and low incomes are all three on the favourable side.
- no. 1,994 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 19 in Waterland
How Ilpendam scores
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Is Ilpendam a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Ilpendam comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 43 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 Ilpendam looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
772 — far 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 Ilpendam a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Ilpendam comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Ilpendam?
In Ilpendam the police recorded 43 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Ilpendam calculated?
Ilpendam scores 8.9 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 Ilpendam 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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