district in Alphen aan den Rijn
Hoge Zijde
Hoge Zijde has 6 neighbourhoods with 8,355 residents in total.
The Hoge Zijde is the eastern bank of Alphen aan den Rijn, six neighbourhoods from the Burgemeester Visserpark to the little lock quarter of Gouwsluis. Amenities score 8.2 — the centre is within walking distance — and wealth 5.9. Overall: 7.0.
no. 11 of the 15 districts of Alphen aan den Rijn
Short answer: Hoge Zijde scores 7.0 as a district of Alphen aan den Rijn, no. 11 of the 15 districts of Alphen aan den Rijn. Its strongest neighbourhood is Gouwsluis (9.5), the worst Paradijslaan (3.7). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 8,355 residents in total.
Key figures for Hoge Zijde
- residents
- 8,355
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 1.3
How Hoge Zijde scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 668 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
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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.
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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.
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
Hoge Zijde has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,650 — 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 Hoge Zijde, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Hoge Zijde
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Neighbourhoods in Hoge Zijde
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