neighbourhood in Zoetermeer
Meerzicht-West
9,550 residents · postal code 2716 · Part of Dorp, Zoetermeer
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
More than two thirds of the surroundings of Meerzicht-West is green and the tree canopy there covers well over a fifth, far above the national share. That is where the 7.3 for quiet comes from, despite almost seven thousand residents per square kilometre: the density pulls that figure down, the vegetation lifts it again.
What is missing on this page is the safety figure — no offence numbers are available for this neighbourhood, and the 6.4 at the top is therefore the average of four pillars. Of the pillars that are there, wealth is the weakest: the property value is below the national middle, top incomes occur little and social assistance several times more often than average. Families reaches a 9.0, with the primary school five hundred metres away and a large share of households with children.
- no. 6,198 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 16 of 24 in Zoetermeer
How Meerzicht-West 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
Meerzicht-West has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,761 — 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 Meerzicht-West calculated?
Meerzicht-West scores 6.4 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 Meerzicht-West 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Zoetermeer
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Zoetermeer.
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