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Ruimtenbuurt

1,805 residents · postal code 2728 · Part of Noordhove, Zoetermeer

  • no. 12,496 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 24 of 24 in Zoetermeer
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Scores per pillar

Social & income

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CBS does not publish this for small or non-residential areas.

Distance shapes everything here: the nearest supermarket is 2.3 kilometres away, the GP 2.1 and the railway station a full 7.5. That drags amenities down to 3.6 and the overall grade to 2.8. Safety holds up at 6.8, with 25 crimes per 1,000 people present, around the median. Owner-occupiers are a minority at 39 per cent. Property is valued at €358,000, below the national midpoint of €422,000.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
2.3 km
General practitioner
2.1 km
Primary school
2.1 km
Secondary school
4.6 km
Childcare
2.3 km
Train station
7.5 km
Hospital
5.3 km
Restaurant
1.6 km
Café
4.7 km
Library
3.9 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
25.1
Violent crimes
2.6
Burglaries
0.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 358,000
Owner-occupied
39%
Single-family homes
–
Built after 2000
–
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 16%15–25 10%25–45 23%45–65 28%65+ 23%
Average household size
2.2
Households with children
37%
Single-person households
34%
Residents per km²
9,588

Nearby neighbourhoods

Noordhove-West

Zoetermeer

6.3

Driemanspolder-Noord

Zoetermeer

7.8

Centrum-West

Zoetermeer

6.4

Seghwaert-Zuid-West

Zoetermeer

5.0

Benthuizen Dorp-West

Alphen aan den Rijn

9.3

Appelbuurt

Zoetermeer

5.3

Similar neighbourhoods

Poppenhare

Coevorden

2.8

Immerloo II

Arnhem

2.8

Maaswijk-Noordwest

Nissewaard

2.8

Cornelis Evertsenstraat en omgeving

Dordrecht

2.8

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Ruimtenbuurt calculated?

Ruimtenbuurt scores 2.8 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Ruimtenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Ruimtenbuurt scores 6.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (25.1 per year). The national median is around 24.1.