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neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Waterrijk West

2,005 residents · postal code 1567 · Part of Assendelft-Noord, Zaanstad

  • no. 658 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 5 of 72 in Zaanstad

Scores per pillar

Amenities

CBS does not publish this for small or non-residential areas.

Social & income

CBS does not publish this for small or non-residential areas.

Waterrijk West in Assendelft-Noord is young Zaan family territory: 94 percent single-family homes, 87 percent owner-occupied and 62 percent of households with children — barely 7 percent of residents are over 65. Statistics Netherlands suppresses the distance figures here, but the 9.6 overall (position 658) and 9.3 for housing at €533k speak for themselves.

Amenities nearby

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

Safety

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

Total crimes
14.1
Violent crimes
1.2
Burglaries
0.4

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 533,000
Owner-occupied
87%
Single-family homes
94%
Built after 2000
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 19%15–25 18%25–45 24%45–65 32%65+ 7%
Average household size
2.9
Households with children
62%
Single-person households
18%
Residents per km²
7,027

Nearby neighbourhoods

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Waterrijk West calculated?

Waterrijk West scores 9.6 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 Waterrijk West a safe neighbourhood?

Waterrijk West scores 8.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (14.1 per year). The national median is around 24.1.