neighbourhood in Zoetermeer
Oosterheem-Zuid-West
7,465 residents · postal code 2721 · Part of Buytenwegh, Zoetermeer
Well-off, but not spacious
For Oosterheem-Zuid-West the safety figure is missing. The overall score of 7.3 therefore rests on four pillars instead of five, and about registered offences this page says nothing - the table below stays empty on that point.
What is there is outspoken. Six in ten households have children and virtually all the homes were built after 2000; the families figure nevertheless comes no higher than an 8.0, because the primary school is a kilometre away and that distance counts most heavily. The downside of this Zoetermeer district is quiet. With a 3.6 it lags far behind, and that does not come from the density alone: the noise level lies clearly above the national value and the crown area of trees comes out at less than half of it.
- no. 4,633 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 24 in Zoetermeer
How Oosterheem-Zuid-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
Oosterheem-Zuid-West has strikingly many children under 15: 25%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1525%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+8%
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
2.9 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
60% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,443 — 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 Oosterheem-Zuid-West calculated?
Oosterheem-Zuid-West scores 7.3 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 Oosterheem-Zuid-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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