district in Zaanstad
Assendelft-Noord
Assendelft-Noord has 9 neighbourhoods with 17,665 residents in total.
Assendelft-Noord arose recently as a new-build location in Zaanstad, nine neighbourhoods with names like Parkrijk and Waterrijk and just over 17,000 residents. Safety stands out at 8.5 and the overall comes to 7.2, with wealth and income (6.9) in between. Quiet and nature lags far behind at 3.6: construction is still under way. Families reach 9.8, among the highest in the country. A young, safe family district of terraced houses along wide waterways.
no. 1 of the 19 districts of Zaanstad
Short answer: Assendelft-Noord scores 9.2 as a district of Zaanstad, no. 1 of the 19 districts of Zaanstad. Its strongest neighbourhood is Parkrijk Zuid (9.9), the worst Langeheit West (4.0). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 17,665 residents in total.
Key figures for Assendelft-Noord
- residents
- 17,665
- neighbourhoods
- 9
- km² of land
- 6.8
How Assendelft-Noord 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, 394 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = 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
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
Assendelft-Noord has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 9%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
57% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,300 — 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 Assendelft-Noord, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Assendelft-Noord
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Neighbourhoods in Assendelft-Noord
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