neighbourhood in Zoetermeer

Buytenwegh

10,580 residents · postal code 2717 · Part of Stadscentrum, Zoetermeer

Top 35% in the Netherlands

Buytenwegh is one of Zoetermeer's expansion districts, laid out in the 1970s and 80s with over half its homes single-family. No recent crime figures are available for the area, but the other scores paint a middling picture: amenities at 7.6, wealth at 3.7 and an overall grade of 7.4. Nearly four in ten households have children, and at 40 per cent ownership the market is mixed. The average home is worth 315,000 euro.

no. 4,476 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 9 of 24 in Zoetermeer

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Safety

no grade

CBS publishes too few figures for this neighbourhood.

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

3.8 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

1.7 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 315,000

Welfare recipients

45.4 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

40%

Social housing

55%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

52%

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

8,368 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

65%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,677

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

0.5 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.4 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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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 four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Buytenwegh lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.