district in Zoetermeer
Dorp
Dorp has 2 neighbourhoods with 10,125 residents in total.
Dorp in Zoetermeer, with just two neighbourhoods, Meerzicht-West and the Dorpsstraat, is the smallest unit in this set, together over 10,100 residents. Not a single pillar rises clearly above the middle: amenities 6.1, safety 6.2, quiet and nature 7.4, wealth and income 3.7. The overall stops at 6.4, the lowest here. An otherwise unremarkable quarter that scores below par on nearly every front.
no. 8 of the 9 districts of Zoetermeer
Short answer: Dorp scores 6.4 as a district of Zoetermeer, no. 8 of the 9 districts of Zoetermeer. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Meerzicht-West (6.4). The district has 2 neighbourhoods with 10,125 residents in total.
Key figures for Dorp
- residents
- 10,125
- neighbourhoods
- 2
- km² of land
- 1.6
How Dorp 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, 73 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.
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
The age profile of Dorp looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,523 — 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 Dorp, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Dorp
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