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Zuiderhoofdbuurt

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

  • no. 2,321 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 18 of 72 in Zaanstad

Scores per pillar

Krommenie's Zuiderhoofdbuurt is safe and well served: safety scores 9.5 and amenities 9.0, together yielding an overall grade of 8.7. Two thirds of homes are owner-occupied and as many are single-family. Housing lags, though, at 4.7, and the €367,000 home value sits below the national median. A quarter of residents are 65 or older.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
0.4 km
Primary school
0.9 km
Secondary school
0.9 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
2.1 km
Hospital
2.4 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
1.2 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
23.5
Violent crimes
0.6
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 367,000
Owner-occupied
69%
Single-family homes
69%
Built after 2000
8%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 10%25–45 26%45–65 29%65+ 24%
Average household size
2.0
Households with children
27%
Single-person households
42%
Residents per km²
5,055

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Zuiderhoofdbuurt calculated?

Zuiderhoofdbuurt scores 8.7 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 Zuiderhoofdbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Zuiderhoofdbuurt scores 9.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (23.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.