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district in Hoorn

Blokker

Blokker has 5 neighbourhoods with 3,955 residents in total.

Top 18% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 2 of the 12 districts of Hoorn

Short answer: Blokker scores 8.7 as a district of Hoorn, no. 2 of the 12 districts of Hoorn. Its strongest neighbourhood is Blokker - Buurt 31 02 (9.7), the lowest-scoring Blokker - Buurt 31 01 (6.7). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 3,955 residents in total.

Key figures for Blokker

residents
3,955
neighbourhoods
5
km² of land
1.3

How Blokker 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
25.2 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.9 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.9 per 1,000
Property crime
9.8 per 1,000
Vandalism
3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 115 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in HoornThe most dangerous neighbourhoods in Hoorn

The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
0.6 km
GP practice
0.5 km
Train station
1.8 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Hospital
3.3 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
1.7 km
Motorway ramp
2.5 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Hoorn

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
€ 428,965
Welfare recipients
7.6 per 1,000
High incomes
18%
Low incomes
40%
Vacancy
1%
Owner-occupied
74%
Social housing
23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
79%
Built after 2000
18%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Hoorn

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
3,604 inw/km²
Noise level
51 dB
Green surroundings
54%
Trees nearby
13%
Water share
2%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
1,849
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.4 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 Hoorn

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.5 km
Households with children
31%
Childcare
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.5 km
Residents under 15
15%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Hoorn

Who lives here

Blokker has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1515%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–259%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4517%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6522%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+36%

    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

    2.2around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    33%around the average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    31%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    3,604far 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 Blokker, weighted by population.

The best and lowest-scoring neighbourhoods of Blokker

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

Neighbourhoods in Blokker

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Blokker - Buurt 31 029.7
  2. 2Blokker - Buurt 31 009.6
  3. 3Blokker - Buurt 31 039.3
  4. 4Blokker - Buurt 31 048.5
  5. 5Blokker - Buurt 31 016.7