neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Zuiderhoofdbuurt

1,985 residents · postal code 1561 · Part of Krommenie Oost, Zaanstad

Top 33% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

A noise level of sixty decibels — far above the national median — is what sets the Zuiderhoofdbuurt apart above all, and it pushes the quiet & nature pillar down to a 3.5, together with little greenery and a thin tree canopy.

Set against that is accessibility: restaurant, GP and supermarket are a few hundred metres away and the station a good two kilometres, good for a 9.7 for amenities. The 5.6 for wealth & income is tidier than it looks — social assistance and the share of low incomes are below the national level, but property value lags and it carries heavy weight. The families pillar gets no further than a 5.2: the school is nine hundred metres away, but few children live here.

no. 4,308 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 24 of 72 in Zaanstad

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Is Zuiderhoofdbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuiderhoofdbuurt comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

23.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

7.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 67 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.4 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 367,000

Welfare recipients

5.0 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

69%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

5,055 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

35%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

2,214

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.9 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.9 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Zuiderhoofdbuurt looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,055 — 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

Is Zuiderhoofdbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuiderhoofdbuurt comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Zuiderhoofdbuurt?

In Zuiderhoofdbuurt the police recorded 67 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Zuiderhoofdbuurt calculated?

Zuiderhoofdbuurt scores 7.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Zuiderhoofdbuurt lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.