Neighbourhood
Neighbourhood in the district of Palenstein · municipality Zoetermeer
- 7.235 residents
- avg. WOZ value € 322.000
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Residents
- Residents
- 7.235
- Households
- 3.445 avg. 2,1 people
- Single-person households
- 39%
- Households with children
- 34%
- Population density
- 7.908 residents per km²
- Floor area
- 0,9 km² of which 0,0 km² is water
Age profile
Housing and property values
- Average WOZ value
- € 322.000 CBS 2024
- Owner-occupied homes
- 58%
- Rented homes
- 42% 40% owned by housing associations
- Single-family homes
- 61% 39% in multi-unit buildings
- Built in the last 10 years
- 1%
- Unoccupied homes
- 6%
- New homes built during the year
- 9 completed homes
The WOZ value is the average for all homes in the area (valued as at 1 January of the previous year), not the market value of an individual home.
Energy
- Avg. electricity consumption
- 2.260 kWh per home per year
- Avg. electricity fed into the grid
- 450 kWh solar electricity per home
- Avg. gas consumption
- 770 m³ per home per year
- Homes with solar panels
- 26%
- Gas-free
- 2%
- Mainly electrically heated
- 3%
- Heating (WarmteAtlas)
- 93% individual central heating, 7% communal heating 2022
- Geothermal potential
- Ongunstig Slochteren Formation
Consumption is the average across all homes with a connection in the area (CBS); the energy label breakdown is under "Homes".
Amenities and transport links
- Large supermarket
- 600 m avg. distance
- GP practice
- 600 m avg. distance
- Primary school
- 400 m avg. distance
- Day nursery
- 400 m avg. distance
- Schools within 3 km
- 16
- Degree of urbanisation
- Very highly urbanised 3.216 addresses per km²
- Cars per household
- 0,9 3.153 passenger cars
- Business premises
- 680 of which 90 in trade and hospitality
Road distances, averaged across all residents in the area (CBS).
Liveability
More than adequate Leefbaarometer 2024
very poorexcellent
- Liveability
- More than adequate category 6 of 9, assessed in 2024
- Score
- 4,07 −0,04 compared with the national average
- Since the previous assessment
- +0,00 2022 assessment: More than adequate
- Municipality
- More than adequate score 4,06
Five dimensions: difference from the national average
- Physical environment green space, water, buildings, noise −0,01 adequate
- Housing stock type, year built, ownership +0,00 adequate
- Amenities shops, schools, healthcare, public transport +0,04 adequate
- Social cohesion population profile, house moves −0,03 adequate
- Nuisance and safety concerns crime and nuisance −0,03 adequate
Source: Leefbaarometer 3.0 (Ministerie van BZK, CC0), an estimate produced every two years based on over a hundred characteristics. The score reflects how residents rate liveability on average. Negative = below the national average.
Income and employment
- Average income per resident
- € 34.300 per year
- Average income per income recipient
- € 41.500 per year
- Median household wealth
- € 135.200
- Employment rate
- 71% aged 15 to under 75
- Self-employed people
- 12% of the employed population
- Top 20% by income
- 20,5% share of people (20% nationally)