neighbourhood in Zoetermeer
Noordhove-West
3,195 residents · postal code 2728 · Part of Driemanspolder, Zoetermeer
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
The safety score for Noordhove-West is missing, and that changes what the overall figure means: the 7.9 rests on four pillars instead of five. Anyone comparing this neighbourhood with another is therefore not comparing quite the same thing — the component that elsewhere often makes the most difference is absent here.
What does count points clearly in one direction. The 9.0 for families comes from short distances: the primary school is four hundred metres away, and school and childcare distance make up almost two thirds of that pillar. That nearly three in ten residents are over 65 does not contradict the score; the pillar mainly measures reach.
The weak spot sits in the wealth & income column. Property value is just below the national middle and the share of high incomes lands exactly on it, but the rate of social assistance is almost three times the median. Near-zero vacancy does not offset that.
- no. 3,746 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 24 in Zoetermeer
How Noordhove-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
Noordhove-West has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,753 — 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 Noordhove-West calculated?
Noordhove-West scores 7.9 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 Noordhove-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.
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