district in Waterland
Monnickendam
Monnickendam has 10 neighbourhoods with 9,970 residents in total.
Monnickendam on the Markermeer divides across ten neighbourhoods around its old fortified core, together nearly 10,000 residents in the municipality of Waterland. The scores sit broadly and neatly above the middle: amenities 7.1, safety 7.2, wealth and quiet and nature both at 6.3. Nowhere a weak spot. With an overall of 7.8, this historic little harbour reads as a pleasant, balanced place to live.
no. 3 of the 6 districts of Waterland
Short answer: Monnickendam scores 7.8 as a district of Waterland, no. 3 of the 6 districts of Waterland. Its strongest neighbourhood is Ringshemmen (9.8), the worst De Purmer (gedeeltelijk) (4.4). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 9,970 residents in total.
Key figures for Monnickendam
- residents
- 9,970
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 14.6
How Monnickendam 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, 236 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.
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Who lives here
Monnickendam has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,929 — 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 Monnickendam, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Monnickendam
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Monnickendam.
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Neighbourhoods in Monnickendam
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