district in Zwartewaterland
Genemuiden
Genemuiden has 9 neighbourhoods with 9,775 residents in total.
Genemuiden, a carpet-making town in Zwartewaterland, divides across nine neighbourhoods around the core and Achter 't Tag, together over 9,700 residents. Safety is the strongest pillar at 8.6, with amenities (6.0) and quiet and nature (4.5) sitting around the middle. Only wealth lags somewhat at 5.2. With an overall of 7.8, Genemuiden sits above the national middle: safe and solid, with an industrious, closed character.
no. 1 of the 6 districts of Zwartewaterland
Short answer: Genemuiden scores 7.8 as a district of Zwartewaterland, no. 1 of the 6 districts of Zwartewaterland. Its strongest neighbourhood is Greente (9.4), the worst Genemuiden Noord-Oost (4.6). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 9,775 residents in total.
Key figures for Genemuiden
- residents
- 9,775
- neighbourhoods
- 9
- km² of land
- 11.6
How Genemuiden 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, 157 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.
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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.
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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
Genemuiden has strikingly many children under 15: 22%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1522%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
48% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,468 — 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 Genemuiden, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Genemuiden
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Genemuiden.
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Neighbourhoods in Genemuiden
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