neighbourhood in Zoetermeer
Dorp
5,100 residents · postal code 2712 · Part of Dorp, Zoetermeer
In the old Dorp of Zoetermeer, shops and services lie within walking distance — amenities score 9.2 — while wealth and income stays middling at 5.3, for an overall 8.3. Space and quiet, at 5.1, is the weakest element. More than four in ten households are single-person, and ownership edges ahead at 66 percent. Just over half of homes are single-family. Property values are modest at €347,000.
- no. 2,951 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 24 in Zoetermeer
How Dorp 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
Dorp has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,085 — 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 Dorp calculated?
Dorp scores 8.3 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 Dorp 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Zoetermeer
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Zoetermeer.
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