neighbourhood in Zoetermeer

Meerzicht-West

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

Top 48% in the Netherlands

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 6.0, wealth at 3.7 and an overall grade of 6.4. 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.

no. 6,198 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 16 of 24 in Zoetermeer

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Safety

no grade

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

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

Supermarket

1.0 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

3.6 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

3.0 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

3.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.6 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

€ 316,000

Welfare recipients

38.7 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

47%

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

6,761 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

69%

Trees nearby

21%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,631

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

41%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

3.0 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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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 four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Meerzicht-West 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.