neighbourhood in Zaanstad
Westzijderveld Zuid
15 residents · postal code 1507 · Part of Nieuw West, Zaanstad
How Westzijderveld 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, 1 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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
Who lives here
Westzijderveld Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 59%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–15–Not enough data
NL median 14%
- 15–25–Not enough data
NL median 11%
- 25–4559%
NL median 22%
- 45–65–Not enough data
NL median 28%
- 65+0%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
80% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
Not enough dataNot enough data
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
41 — 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Zaanstad
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Zaanstad.