District Ontwikkelwijk

District in municipality Zoetermeer · Zuid-Holland

  • 530 homes
  • 440 inhabitants
  • avg. year of construction 1985

Map

Boundary according to the CBS district and neighbourhood map 2024. Zoom in for individual homes; click a home for details. Open in the properties map

Homes in Ontwikkelwijk

Homes
530
addresses with residential function (BAG)
Average build year
1985
Average living area
61 m²
Housing stock (CBS)
471
2025

Home type

  • Apartment 100% 530

Energy label

  • B 8% 44
  • C 16% 86
  • D 1% 3
  • E 0% 2
  • F 0% 2
  • No label 74% 393

Building period

  • 1970–1989 50% 264
  • 1990–2009 50% 266

Residents

Residents
440
January 1, 2025

Age distribution

  • 0–15 years 5% 20
  • 15–25 years 21% 90
  • 25–45 years 53% 230
  • 45–65 years 17% 75
  • 65 years and older 5% 20

Living environment: noise, water, air, light and green

Average noise level (Lden)
60 dB
municipality 53 dB
Homes with road traffic above 55 dB
100%
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
51%
municipality 9%

Noise level of the 530 homes

  • 56–60 dB: busy 69% 365
  • 61–65 dB: noisy 31% 162
  • 66–70 dB: very noisy 1% 3

Flooding

Homes that may flood
100%
municipality 97%
Of which more than 0.5 m water
100%
Of which more than 2 m water
100%
Maximum water depth
3,1 m
average 2,8 m where it floods

Air, light and green

NO₂
17,3 µg/m³
100% above WHO advice (10)
PM2,5
8,8 µg/m³
100% above WHO recommendation (5)
PM10
15,9 µg/m³
100% above WHO advice (15)
Night lighting
Clear
municipality: clear
Green within 500 m
67%
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
41–43 °C
extreme heat stress
Homes with extreme heat stress (41 °C or higher)
58%
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
7%
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
289
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Registered crimes
127
-5% vs. the previous year
Residential burglaries per 1,000 homes
0,0
0 burglaries
Municipality
44
per 1,000 inhabitants
Netherlands
45
per 1,000 inhabitants

Types of crimes (last 12 months)

  • Fietsdiefstal 13% 16
  • Vernieling 8% 10
  • Mishandeling 2% 3
  • Diefstal uit auto 2% 2
  • Drugshandel 2% 2
  • Autodiefstal 1% 1
  • Bedreiging 1% 1
  • Straatroof 1% 1

Per year

  1. 952021
  2. 1232022
  3. 882023
  4. 1282024
  5. 1132025

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.

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