neighbourhood in Zuidplas

Esse Hoog

2,170 residents · postal code 2911 · Part of Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel wijk 04, Zuidplas

Top 15% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

Esse Hoog scores 9.0 for wealth & income and that figure stands firm on every component: a property value a quarter above the national median, a broad high-income bracket, a narrow low-income one and a social assistance rate at a little over half the national middle.

What works against it is the geography. The primary school is two kilometres away and the supermarket almost as far, while the station stands closer than either. Because school distance is the heaviest component of the families pillar, it sticks at 6.4 despite more than four in ten households having children.

The 8.7 for safety rests on violence and theft both sitting well below the national middle; only burglary comes marginally above it.

The 4.9 for quiet & nature is the weakest figure. Greenery lands practically on the national median, but the tree canopy stays under it and traffic noise runs almost four decibels above, at over five thousand residents to the square kilometre.

no. 1,854 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 10 of 47 in Zuidplas

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Is Esse Hoog a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Esse Hoog comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Esse Hoog is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

16.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

3.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 44 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

1.7 km

GP practice

1.6 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

0.4 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

€ 527,000

Welfare recipients

4.6 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

80%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

83%

Built after 2000

26%

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

5,399 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,411

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

2.0 km

Households with children

44%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.7 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Esse Hoog looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,399 — 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

Is Esse Hoog a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Esse Hoog?

In Esse Hoog the police recorded 44 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Esse Hoog calculated?

Esse Hoog scores 8.9 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 Esse Hoog 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.