neighbourhood in Zoetermeer
Rokkeveen-West
8,010 residents · postal code 2719 · Part of Meerzicht, Zoetermeer
Everything close by, little space
No safety figure is available for Rokkeveen-West. The overall score of 7.7 therefore rests on four pillars instead of five, and it is precisely the component that often makes the difference in a residential district that is missing. Anyone comparing this neighbourhood with another is not comparing the same thing.
The wealth score of 6.5 is more interesting than it looks. The property value lies almost exactly at the Dutch middle, and that component determines nearly four tenths of the pillar. The incomes point upwards instead: top incomes occur more often than nationally, low incomes less often, and social assistance is around the Dutch level. It is the housing market that sets this score, not what the residents earn.
Quiet comes out at a 6.0 while there is more greenery around the homes than is usual nationally. The measured noise lies well above the Dutch middle and holds that pillar back.
- no. 3,945 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 7 of 24 in Zoetermeer
How Rokkeveen-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
Rokkeveen-West has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,114 — 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 Rokkeveen-West calculated?
Rokkeveen-West scores 7.7 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 Rokkeveen-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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