neighbourhood in Zaanstad
Poelenburg Zuid
3,875 residents · postal code 1504 · Part of Poelenburg, Zaanstad
Poelenburg Zuid in Zaandam ranks among the lowest-scoring neighbourhoods in the country at 2.5. Wealth is weak at 3.0, and space and quiet is below average at 4.1; income is low at €24,000 per resident. Just a third of homes are owned and as many are single-family. Even so, young families are relatively common: 45 percent of households have children. Crime, at close to 26 per 1,000 people present, sits just above the national median.
- no. 9,357 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 41 of 72 in Zaanstad
How Poelenburg Zuid 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, 137 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 Zuid has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 10%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4531%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
45% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,749 — 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 Zuid calculated?
Poelenburg Zuid scores 4.6 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 Zuid 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 Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
Poelenburg Zuid scores 4.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (25.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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