The districts of Zoetermeer

Zoetermeer has 81,425 residents (2026), spread across 9 districts and 26 neighbourhoods.

Top 40% of the Netherlands

Many families, thinner wallets

Zoetermeer comes out at 7.0 as a municipality — better than 60% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Families lift that grade with 7.7; wealth and income hold it back at 5.0. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Voorweg (9.3), the lowest in Ruimtenbuurt (2.8). That is 6.5 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 81,425
districts: 9
neighbourhoods: 26
km² of land: 13.9

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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

22.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

7.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 531 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

0.9 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

3.1 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 357,534

Welfare recipients

32.2 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

54%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

54%

Built after 2000

19%

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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

6,732 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,628

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

0.7 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

17%

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,732 — 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 Zoetermeer, weighted by population.