district in Zaanstad
Pelders- en Hoornseveld
Pelders- en Hoornseveld has 4 neighbourhoods with 11,250 residents in total.
The Pelders- en Hoornseveld is a post-war district in Zaanstad, split into four neighbourhoods with over 11,200 residents. The marks are weak: overall 5.2, quiet and nature 6.4, wealth and income 3.8. Only safety, at 5.6, rises just above that level. A district where liveability is under pressure across several pillars at once.
no. 10 of the 19 districts of Zaanstad
Short answer: Pelders- en Hoornseveld scores 5.2 as a district of Zaanstad, no. 10 of the 19 districts of Zaanstad. Its strongest neighbourhood is Peldersveld West (8.6), the worst Kleurenbuurt (3.7). The district has 4 neighbourhoods with 11,250 residents in total.
Key figures for Pelders- en Hoornseveld
- residents
- 11,250
- neighbourhoods
- 4
- km² of land
- 1.4
How Pelders- en Hoornseveld 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, 434 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
Pelders- en Hoornseveld has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,653 — 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 Pelders- en Hoornseveld, weighted by population.
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