district in Schouwen-Duiveland
Zierikzee
Zierikzee has 8 neighbourhoods with 11,950 residents in total.
Zierikzee, the old harbour town on Schouwen-Duiveland, spreads nearly 12,000 residents across eight neighbourhoods. The three pillars sit close together: safety 6.2, quiet & nature 6.2, amenities 6.2. The overall comes in lower, at 5.1, and wealth & income is weakest at 4.7. A characterful, balanced Zeeland town with no sharp peaks.
no. 5 of the 16 districts of Schouwen-Duiveland
Short answer: Zierikzee scores 6.0 as a district of Schouwen-Duiveland, no. 5 of the 16 districts of Schouwen-Duiveland. Its strongest neighbourhood is Kaaskenswater (8.5), the worst Malta (2.9). The district has 8 neighbourhoods with 11,950 residents in total.
Key figures for Zierikzee
- residents
- 11,950
- neighbourhoods
- 8
- km² of land
- 22.3
How Zierikzee 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, 463 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.
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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
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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
Zierikzee has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,383 — 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 Zierikzee, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Zierikzee
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Zierikzee.
Neighbourhoods in Zierikzee
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