The districts of Schiedam

Schiedam has 82,235 residents (2026), spread across 12 districts and 70 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 45% of the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Schiedam comes out at 5.9 as a municipality — better than 44% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 8.7; quiet and nature hold it back at 4.1. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Sveaborg en Sveadal (9.8), the lowest in Spieringshoek (2.7). That is 7.1 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 82,235
districts: 12
neighbourhoods: 70
km² of land: 17.8

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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

34.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

13.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 4,147 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.7 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 322,616

Welfare recipients

30.3 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

51%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

34%

Built after 2000

14%

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

11,168 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,332

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.6 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Schiedam has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,160 — 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 Schiedam, weighted by population.