district in Hoorn
Risdam-Zuid
Risdam-Zuid has 9 neighbourhoods with 8,795 residents in total.
Risdam-Zuid is Hoorn's 1970s expansion, nine woonerf neighbourhoods with nearly 8,800 residents. The district has its amenities in order (7.9), but the other numbers stay around the middle: safety 4.8, wealth & income 4.6. The Juliana park lies on the southern edge. Overall: 4.2.
no. 8 of the 12 districts of Hoorn
Short answer: Risdam-Zuid scores 5.4 as a district of Hoorn, no. 8 of the 12 districts of Hoorn. Its strongest neighbourhood is Risdam-Zuid - Buurt 20 08 (8.8), the worst Risdam-Zuid - Buurt 20 04 (3.8). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 8,795 residents in total.
Key figures for Risdam-Zuid
- residents
- 8,795
- neighbourhoods
- 9
- km² of land
- 2.2
How Risdam-Zuid 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, 483 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.
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Who lives here
Risdam-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+30%
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
5,044 — 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 Risdam-Zuid, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Risdam-Zuid
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Risdam-Zuid.
Neighbourhoods in Risdam-Zuid
Sorted by total grade