district in Wormerland
Wormer
Wormer has 7 neighbourhoods with 13,610 residents in total.
Wormer sits on the Zaan across from Wormerveer, a village of 13,610 residents across seven neighbourhoods from Plaszoom to Oost-Knollendam. The numbers stay tidily around the middle: amenities reach 8.2, quiet and nature and safety sit close at 5.9 and 7.0, and wealth and income lands on 5.6. The overall follows on 7.0, with families landing just behind, at 6.7. A quiet Zaan village with no pronounced weak side.
no. 1 of the 3 districts of Wormerland
Short answer: Wormer scores 7.5 as a district of Wormerland, no. 1 of the 3 districts of Wormerland. Its strongest neighbourhood is Oosteinde (9.5), the worst Oost-Knollendam (5.1). The district has 7 neighbourhoods with 13,610 residents in total.
Key figures for Wormer
- residents
- 13,610
- neighbourhoods
- 7
- km² of land
- 12
How Wormer 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, 293 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.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Wormer looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,595 — 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 Wormer, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Wormer
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Wormer.
Neighbourhoods in Wormer
Sorted by total grade