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neighbourhood in Zoetermeer

Meerzicht-West

9,550 residents · postal code 2716 · Part of Dorp, Zoetermeer

  • no. 11,882 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 23 of 24 in Zoetermeer
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Scores per pillar

Safety

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CBS does not publish this for small or non-residential areas.

Meerzicht-West is a post-war residential district of Zoetermeer, over half single-family homes with children in 41 per cent of households. Recent crime figures are missing, but the rest sketches a mid-table picture: amenities at 6.6, housing at 3.7 and an overall grade of 3.2. A 49 per cent ownership rate makes for a mixed housing market, and one in five residents is over 65. The average home is worth 316,000 euro.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
1.0 km
General practitioner
1.3 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
3.0 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
3.6 km
Hospital
3.0 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Café
1.5 km
Library
3.1 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
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Violent crimes
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Burglaries
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per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 316,000
Owner-occupied
49%
Single-family homes
52%
Built after 2000
2%
Income per resident
€ 30,000

Who lives here

0–15 18%15–25 13%25–45 24%45–65 24%65+ 20%
Average household size
2.3
Households with children
41%
Single-person households
35%
Residents per km²
6,761

Nearby neighbourhoods

Dorpsstraat

Zoetermeer

4.1

Schansenbuurt-Noord

Zoetermeer

6.9

Rokkeveen-West

Zoetermeer

8.2

Plannenbuurt-Noord

Zoetermeer

3.7

Buytenwegh

Zoetermeer

3.6

Driemanspolder

Zoetermeer

4.9

Similar neighbourhoods

De Schutskamp

's-Hertogenbosch

3.2

Goes-Noordwest

Goes

3.2

Binnenstad

Apeldoorn

3.2

Woenselse Heide

Eindhoven

3.2

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Meerzicht-West calculated?

Meerzicht-West scores 3.2 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.