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neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Westzanerdijk

1,465 residents · postal code 1507 · Part of Nieuw West, Zaanstad

  • no. 6,737 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 33 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.

Home to 1,465 residents, Westzanerdijk is a spacious residential neighbourhood in Zaanstad. Measured against every neighbourhood in the Netherlands, it scores 6.1 out of 10. Scores are fairly even, with nature and quiet (7.0) as the strongest pillar.

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
23.9
Violent crimes
1.3
Burglaries
0.8

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 430,000
Owner-occupied
56%
Single-family homes
92%
Built after 2000
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 17%15–25 10%25–45 24%45–65 30%65+ 19%
Average household size
2.3
Households with children
38%
Single-person households
32%
Residents per km²
2,262

Nearby neighbourhoods

Similar neighbourhoods

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Westzanerdijk calculated?

Westzanerdijk scores 6.1 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 Westzanerdijk a safe neighbourhood?

Westzanerdijk scores 6.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (23.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.