district in Zoetermeer
Stadscentrum
Stadscentrum has 2 neighbourhoods with 11,055 residents in total.
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
The Stadscentrum of Zoetermeer consists of two neighbourhoods, Buytenwegh and Centrum-West, with over 11,000 residents. Striking is the contrast between high safety (8.8) and amenities (7.5) on one side and low marks for quiet and nature (7.1), overall (7.4) and wealth and income (3.8) on the other. A well-served, safe city core, weak on wealth and income and quiet and nature.
no. 4 of the 9 districts of Zoetermeer
Short answer: Stadscentrum scores 7.4 as a district of Zoetermeer, no. 4 of the 9 districts of Zoetermeer. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Buytenwegh (7.4). The district has 2 neighbourhoods with 11,055 residents in total.
Key figures for Stadscentrum
- residents
- 11,055
- neighbourhoods
- 2
- km² of land
- 1.3
How Stadscentrum 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, 117 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
Stadscentrum has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,546 — 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 Stadscentrum, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Stadscentrum
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