district in Zwolle
Aa-landen
Aa-landen has 4 neighbourhoods with 13,375 residents in total.
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Aa-landen is a 1970s district on the north side of Zwolle, 13,375 residents across four roomy neighbourhoods. Safety reaches 6.6 here, the strongest pillar, with amenities close behind at 6.3. Quiet and nature comes in at 6.5, fitting the roomy layout. Below that the picture stays muted: wealth gets no further than 4.3 and the overall to 6.1. A spaciously laid-out but somewhat anonymous district.
no. 9 of the 16 districts of Zwolle
Short answer: Aa-landen scores 6.1 as a district of Zwolle, no. 9 of the 16 districts of Zwolle. Its strongest neighbourhood is Aa-landen-Noord (8.6), the worst Aa-landen-Midden (3.8). The district has 4 neighbourhoods with 13,375 residents in total.
Key figures for Aa-landen
- residents
- 13,375
- neighbourhoods
- 4
- km² of land
- 2.8
How Aa-landen 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, 399 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
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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.
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
The age profile of Aa-landen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,966 — 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 Aa-landen, weighted by population.
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Neighbourhoods in Aa-landen
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