district in Dordrecht
Sterrenburg
Sterrenburg has 11 neighbourhoods with 23,175 residents in total.
Sterrenburg is Dordrecht's large post-war expansion, eleven neighbourhoods and just over 23,000 residents split across Sterrenburg 1, 2 and 3. Safety scores 7.5 and amenities 7.4, sound figures for a spacious 1970s residential district. Wealth trails at 5.3, the price of dated flat blocks, and quiet and nature comes to 5.5. With a 7.4 overall and 8.2 for families, this is an orderly urban edge that works above all for families.
no. 3 of the 13 districts of Dordrecht
Short answer: Sterrenburg scores 7.4 as a district of Dordrecht, no. 3 of the 13 districts of Dordrecht. Its strongest neighbourhood is Vredenburg en omgeving (9.9), the worst Sterrenburg 1-Oost (3.3). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 23,175 residents in total.
Key figures for Sterrenburg
- residents
- 23,175
- neighbourhoods
- 11
- km² of land
- 3.9
How Sterrenburg 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, 623 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.
Tick = Dutch median
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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Sterrenburg looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,503 — 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 Sterrenburg, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Sterrenburg
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Sterrenburg.
Neighbourhoods in Sterrenburg
Sorted by total grade