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Staart

Staart has 9 neighbourhoods with 5,320 residents in total.

Bottom 23% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 10 of the 13 districts of Dordrecht

Short answer: Staart scores 4.2 as a district of Dordrecht, no. 10 of the 13 districts of Dordrecht. Its strongest neighbourhood is Plein 1940-1945 en omgeving (7.4), the worst 2e Merwedehaven en omgeving (2.7). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 5,320 residents in total.

Key figures for Staart

residents
5,320
neighbourhoods
9
km² of land
2.9

How Staart 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.
Total crime
28.1 per 1,000
Violent crime
3.0 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.9 per 1,000
Property crime
8.0 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 235 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.
Supermarket
0.5 km
GP practice
2.2 km
Train station
3.9 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Hospital
4.7 km
Café
2.9 km
Library
4.0 km
Motorway ramp
0.8 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Dordrecht

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.
Property value
€ 239,271
Welfare recipients
22.6 per 1,000
High incomes
11%
Low incomes
41%
Vacancy
4%
Owner-occupied
58%
Social housing
15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
42%
Built after 2000
0%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Dordrecht

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
6,844 inw/km²
Noise level
55 dB
Green surroundings
39%
Trees nearby
10%
Water share
15%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
1,362
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

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Dordrecht

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
1.2 km
Households with children
27%
Childcare
0.5 km
Secondary school
2.8 km
Residents under 15
14%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Dordrecht

Who lives here

Staart has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1514%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–259%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4533%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6524%

    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

    1.9smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    49%far more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    27%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    6,825far 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 Staart, weighted by population.

The best and worst neighbourhoods of Staart

The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Staart.

Neighbourhoods in Staart

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Plein 1940-1945 en omgeving7.4
  2. 2Amerstraat en omgeving6.9
  3. 3Merwedepolder-Oost3.9
  4. 4Merwedepolder-West3.6
  5. 5Noorderkwartier3.4
  6. 6Beekmanstraat en omgeving2.9
  7. 72e Merwedehaven en omgeving2.7
  8. Spaarbekken
  9. 1e Merwedehaven en omgeving