district in Zaanstad
Wormerveer
Wormerveer has 8 neighbourhoods with 12,790 residents in total.
Wormerveer, a Zaan town strung along the river, shows mixed marks. Amenities still reach 8.1, but safety and overall are low, at 3.7 and 3.6 respectively, and wealth & income (4.2) is thin too. Quiet & nature comes in at 4.0. Eight neighbourhoods hold nearly 13,000 residents. An accessible town where safety and wealth weigh the picture down.
no. 17 of the 19 districts of Zaanstad
Short answer: Wormerveer scores 3.3 as a district of Zaanstad, no. 17 of the 19 districts of Zaanstad. Its strongest neighbourhood is Karnemelksepolder (8.3), the worst Wormerveer West (2.5). The district has 8 neighbourhoods with 12,790 residents in total.
Key figures for Wormerveer
- residents
- 12,790
- neighbourhoods
- 8
- km² of land
- 5.3
How Wormerveer 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, 679 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 Wormerveer looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,210 — 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 Wormerveer, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Wormerveer
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Wormerveer.
Neighbourhoods in Wormerveer
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