neighbourhood in Zuidplas

Esse Laag

2,175 residents · postal code 2911 · Part of Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel wijk 04, Zuidplas

Top 22% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

In Esse Laag the railway station is closer than the supermarket and closer than the primary school. That school stands over two kilometres away, and because school distance determines nearly a third of the families pillar, it sticks at 6.3 even though almost half of households have children.

The 8.9 for safety rests on few burglaries and little violence — both far below the national median. Theft is slightly above it, but that component weighs less than half of those two combined.

The 7.3 for wealth & income comes mainly from property value and from the broad high-income bracket; the number of social assistance claims does run almost double the national middle, so the picture is not strong across the board.

Quiet & nature sticks at 5.0 despite a substantial share of water. Greenery and tree canopy are below the national middle and noise above it — a neighbourhood of five thousand residents to the square kilometre where the water shapes the view, not the silence.

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no. 16 of 47 in Zuidplas

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Is Esse Laag a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Esse Laag comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

20.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

10.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 54 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

2.0 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 464,000

Welfare recipients

13.8 per 1,000

High incomes

29%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

66%

Social housing

33%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

83%

Built after 2000

44%

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

5,373 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,760

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

2.2 km

Households with children

45%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.7 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Esse Laag has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6533%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
45% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,373 — 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 Laag a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Esse Laag comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Esse Laag?

In Esse Laag the police recorded 54 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Laag calculated?

Esse Laag scores 8.4 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 Laag 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.