Neighbourhood Gaardenbuurt
Neighbourhood in district Seghwaert · municipality Zoetermeer · Zuid-Holland
- 722 homes
- 1.650 inhabitants
- avg. year of construction 1978
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Homes in Gaardenbuurt
- Homes
- 722 addresses with residential function (BAG)
- Average build year
- 1978
- Average living area
- 107 m²
- Housing stock (CBS)
- 742 2025
Home type
Energy label
Building period
Residents
- Residents
- 1.650 January 1, 2025
Age distribution
Living environment: noise, water, air, light and green
- Average noise level (Lden)
- 54 dB municipality 53 dB
- Homes with road traffic above 55 dB
- 40% municipality 29%
- Homes with rail traffic above 55 dB
- 0% municipality 2%
- Homes with air traffic above 48 dB
- 0% municipality 0%
- Homes with wind turbine noise above 40 dB
- 0% municipality 1%
- 's nachts wegverkeer boven 50 dB
- 21% municipality 9%
Noise level of the 722 homes
Flooding
- Homes that may flood
- 98% municipality 97%
- Of which more than 0.5 m water
- 93%
- Of which more than 2 m water
- 1%
- Maximum water depth
- 2,3 m average 1,3 m where it floods
Air, light and green
- NO₂
- 15,7 µg/m³ 100% above WHO advice (10)
- PM2,5
- 8,4 µg/m³ 100% above WHO recommendation (5)
- PM10
- 15,2 µg/m³ 100% above WHO advice (15)
- Night lighting
- Dim municipality: clear
- Green within 500 m
- 61% municipality 61%
Noise: RIVM noise maps (road and rail 2020, aviation 2022, wind turbines 2024), annual average Lden per 10 m, sampled at each address. Flooding: LIWO (Rijkswaterstaat), map of maximum water depth; depth says nothing about probability. Air: RIVM annual average concentrations at 25 m. Light: RIVM light emission map 2023. Green: RIVM green map 2022, share of green within 500 m. Turn the noise map on in the map above.
Climate and safety
- Apparent temperature on a hot day
- 44–45 °C extreme heat stress
- Homes with extreme heat stress (41 °C or higher)
- 77% municipality 88%
- Urban heat island effect
- 1,0–1,2 °C on average warmer than the surrounding area
- Homes with a cool spot within 300 m
- 100% municipality 79%
- Homes with moderate or high flood risk
- 0% municipality 0%
- Homes with increased risk of groundwater nuisance in 2050
- 0% municipality 22%
- Homes with a stormwater channel alongside the house
- 13% municipality 12%
- Homes in the magnetic field zone of a high-voltage line
- 0% municipality 0%
- Homes within 1 km of a wind turbine
- 0% municipality 2%
Climate Impact Atlas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): perceived temperature and heat island 2022, cool spots, location-specific flood probability (at least 20 cm water), dry floors, risk of groundwater nuisance 2050 (high scenario), flow paths at 70 mm precipitation per hour; sampled per dwelling. High-voltage lines: RIVM Netkaart with calculation distances. Wind turbines: RIVM. Turn on the heat map on the map above.
Safety
- Crimes per 1,000 inhabitants
- 40 Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
- Registered crimes
- 66 -20% vs. the previous year
- Residential burglaries per 1,000 homes
- 4,2 3 burglaries
- Municipality
- 44 per 1,000 inhabitants
- Netherlands
- 45 per 1,000 inhabitants
Types of crimes (last 12 months)
Per year
Source: police, registered crimes per area (CBS/police open data, monthly figures). Per 1,000 inhabitants based on the area's population; not every crime is reported.
Soil and foundation
- Soil subsidence (total)
- −0,6 mm per year municipality −0,9 mm
- Soil subsidence (shallow)
- +0,1 mm per year peat and clay that subside
- Expected decrease until 2050
- 2 cm high scenario
- Homes at risk of pile rot
- 0,0% zeer laag, municipality 0,2%
- Pile rot in 2050
- 0,0% high scenario, drier summers
- Difference projection in 2050
- 2,6% houses on pile with risk
Source: Klimaateffectatlas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): subsidence from satellite measurements (Bodemdalingskaart), foundation risk per neighbourhood (Deltares/KCAF, share of homes with wooden piles or on slab at risk). A neighbourhood average, not a statement about a single property.