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Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk

Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk has 8 neighbourhoods with 4,165 residents in total.

Top 31% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 4 of the 7 districts of Zoeterwoude

Short answer: Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk scores 7.7 as a district of Zoeterwoude, no. 4 of the 7 districts of Zoeterwoude. Its strongest neighbourhood is Rijnegom (9.2), the lowest-scoring Meerburg (6.8). The district has 8 neighbourhoods with 4,165 residents in total.

Key figures for Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk

residents
4,165
neighbourhoods
8
km² of land
2.3

How Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk 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.
Total crime
23.1 per 1,000
Violent crime
2.0 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.4 per 1,000
Property crime
11.5 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 101 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in ZoeterwoudeThe most dangerous neighbourhoods in Zoeterwoude

The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
0.8 km
GP practice
0.8 km
Train station
3.9 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Hospital
3.1 km
Café
2.3 km
Library
2.7 km
Motorway ramp
1.3 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Zoeterwoude

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.
Property value
€ 464,504
Welfare recipients
4.8 per 1,000
High incomes
27%
Low incomes
30%
Vacancy
2%
Owner-occupied
56%
Social housing
15%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
66%
Built after 2000
42%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Zoeterwoude

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
6,981 inw/km²
Noise level
57 dB
Green surroundings
39%
Trees nearby
9%
Water share
4%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
1,479
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.7 µg/m³

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 quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Zoeterwoude

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.8 km
Households with children
34%
Childcare
0.6 km
Secondary school
2.6 km
Residents under 15
16%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Zoeterwoude

Who lives here

Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1516%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2511%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4531%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6525%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+17%

    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

    2.2around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    33%around the average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    34%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    6,931far 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 Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk, weighted by population.

The best and lowest-scoring neighbourhoods of Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk

The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk.

Neighbourhoods in Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Rijnegom9.2
  2. 2Hoge Rijndijk Oost8.3
  3. 3De Goede Herder8.0
  4. 4Hoge Rijndijk Noord6.9
  5. 5Meerburg6.8
  6. Industriegebied Barrepolder
  7. Industriegebied Grote Polder
  8. Oosthoek