district in Edam-Volendam
Volendam
Volendam has 12 neighbourhoods with 22,740 residents in total.
Volendam is the tight-knit fishing town on the Markermeer, twelve neighbourhoods and nearly 23,000 residents from the Oude Kom to the new Broeckgouw estate. Safety scores 8.7 and the overall 7.7, marks that suit a close, homogeneous community with strong internal bonds. Amenities (6.7) and wealth (6.4) hold up well; quiet and nature comes to 4.1, the place being built dense and full. The families grade gives 7.5. A town with a strong identity and a reputation that precedes it.
no. 7 of the 10 districts of Edam-Volendam
Short answer: Volendam scores 7.7 as a district of Edam-Volendam, no. 7 of the 10 districts of Edam-Volendam. Its strongest neighbourhood is Volendam-Blokgouw 4, 5 en 6 (9.9), the worst Volendam-Oude kom (4.8). The district has 12 neighbourhoods with 22,740 residents in total.
Key figures for Volendam
- residents
- 22,740
- neighbourhoods
- 12
- km² of land
- 5.4
How Volendam 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, 459 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.
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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.
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 Volendam looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,119 — 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 Volendam, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Volendam
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Volendam.
Neighbourhoods in Volendam
Sorted by total grade