neighbourhood in Zaanstad
Poelenburg Noord
3,065 residents · postal code 1504 · Part of Poelenburg, Zaanstad
Poelenburg Noord in Zaandam ranks among the lowest-scoring districts in the country, with an overall mark of 2.5. Income per resident is low at 22,000 euro, the average home value (311,000 euro) stays well below the midpoint and only a quarter is owner-occupied. Yet many families live here: half of households have children. Wealth (2.9) and space and quiet (6.6) are the sore points; the crime rate (25 per 1,000 people present) sits around the median.
- no. 7,702 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 36 of 72 in Zaanstad
How Poelenburg Noord 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, 100 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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
Poelenburg Noord has strikingly many children under 15: 22%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1522%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+10%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
50% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,996 — 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 Poelenburg Noord calculated?
Poelenburg Noord scores 5.6 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 Poelenburg Noord 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 Poelenburg Noord a safe neighbourhood?
Poelenburg Noord scores 4.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (25.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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