The districts of Molenlanden

Molenlanden has 45,390 residents (2026), spread across 20 districts and 114 neighbourhoods.

Top 28% of the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Molenlanden averages 7.9, which puts the municipality above 72% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 8.3; wealth and income hold it back at 6.0. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Kern-Dorp (9.8), the lowest in Hoogblokland-Buitengebied-Noord (4.0). That is 5.8 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 45,390
districts: 20
neighbourhoods: 114
km² of land: 182

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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

16.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

5.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 709 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

1.4 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

8.6 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

7.1 km

Café

2.0 km

Library

2.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 km

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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

€ 433,539

Welfare recipients

9.0 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

24%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

88%

Built after 2000

18%

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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

3,644 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

66%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

401

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.

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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

0.9 km

Households with children

41%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

5.9 km

Residents under 15

18%

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Who lives here

Molenlanden has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,616 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Molenlanden, weighted by population.