neighbourhood in Zwolle
Noordereiland
855 residents · postal code 8011 · Part of Binnenstad, Zwolle
Everything close by, little space
The wealth & income pillar of Noordereiland is only half what it looks. Property values are above the national median, the share of high incomes well above it and the share of low incomes below — but the rate of social assistance comes in at around three times the national middle. That is no detail in a pillar built on these components, and it explains why the 6.6 is not higher.
A fifth of the surface is water, which helps the quiet & nature pillar, but noise exposure more than six decibels above the median undoes that again.
With nearly six in ten households consisting of one person and a quarter of residents over 65, this is not a place where many children grow up, even though school and supermarket are around the corner.
- no. 8,590 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 45 of 73 in Zwolle
How Noordereiland scores
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Is Noordereiland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Noordereiland comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Noordereiland is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 66 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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
Noordereiland has strikingly few children under 15: 5%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–155%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
58% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
10% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,432 — 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 Noordereiland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Noordereiland comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Noordereiland is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Noordereiland?
In Noordereiland the police recorded 66 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (37 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 Noordereiland calculated?
Noordereiland scores 5.1 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 Noordereiland 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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