district in Zaanstad
Zaandam Zuid
Zaandam Zuid has 6 neighbourhoods with 13,800 residents in total.
Zaandam Zuid gathers 13,800 residents into six neighbourhoods, from the Bomenbuurt to the Achtersluispolder, where housing and industry press up against one another. The numbers here are harsh: the overall holds at 2.9, with wealth & income at 3.6 and quiet & nature at 3.8. Safety fares best at 5.5, well below the national middle. For families the figure sits far higher, at 7.9. A district where living quality is under strain.
no. 15 of the 19 districts of Zaanstad
Short answer: Zaandam Zuid scores 4.2 as a district of Zaanstad, no. 15 of the 19 districts of Zaanstad. Its strongest neighbourhood is Bomenbuurt (6.0), the worst Prins Hendrikbuurt (2.5). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 13,800 residents in total.
Key figures for Zaandam Zuid
- residents
- 13,800
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 2.8
How Zaandam Zuid 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, 622 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
Zaandam Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4531%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+15%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,632 — 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 Zaandam Zuid, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Zaandam Zuid
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Zaandam Zuid.
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Neighbourhoods in Zaandam Zuid
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