neighbourhood in Zoetermeer
Buytenwegh
10,580 residents · postal code 2717 · Part of Stadscentrum, Zoetermeer
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
No safety figure is known for Buytenwegh. The number of registered offences is missing, and the 7.4 at the top of this page is therefore the average of four pillars instead of five. Anyone comparing this neighbourhood with another is thus missing precisely the figure that often makes the biggest difference between neighbourhoods.
What is there points in two directions. Quiet comes out at a 7.2 thanks to plenty of greenery in the surroundings, an ample tree canopy and a noise level around the national middle. Families reaches a 9.1, with the primary school within walking distance and a substantial share of households with children. Wealth is the exception with a 3.7: the property value is below the national middle, few households with a high income live here and benefits occur several times more often than average.
- no. 4,476 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 9 of 24 in Zoetermeer
How Buytenwegh scores
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Buytenwegh has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,368 — 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
How is the grade for Buytenwegh calculated?
Buytenwegh scores 7.4 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 Buytenwegh 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.
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