district in Koggenland
Obdam
Obdam has 13 neighbourhoods with 5,985 residents in total.
no. 1 of the 10 districts of Koggenland
Short answer: Obdam scores 8.3 as a district of Koggenland, no. 1 of the 10 districts of Koggenland. Its strongest neighbourhood is Laan van Meerweijde en omgeving (9.8), the worst Berkmeerdijk (5.5). The district has 13 neighbourhoods with 5,985 residents in total.
Key figures for Obdam
- residents
- 5,985
- neighbourhoods
- 13
- km² of land
- 10.8
How Obdam 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, 116 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 Obdam looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,971 — 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 Obdam, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Obdam
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Obdam.
Neighbourhoods in Obdam
Sorted by total grade
- 1Laan van Meerweijde en omgeving9.8
- 2Weerestraat en omgeving9.7
- 3Nijenburglaan en omgeving9.6
- 4Klipper en omgeving8.3
- 5Handelskade en omgeving8.3
- 6Reigerlaan Obdam en omgeving7.7
- 7Obdam Verspreide huizen Oost7.7
- 8Dorpsstraat en omgeving7.0
- 9Dokter Lohmanstraat en omgeving6.8
- 10Obdam Verspreide huizen West5.6
- 11Berkmeerdijk5.5
- –Duinweid en omgeving
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