Westerwatering Noord, Zaanstad
About 3,735 people live in Westerwatering Noord, in 1,660 households (CBS 2025).
Liveability is in the top 80% of Dutch areas (Leefbaarometer 2024).
Registered crime is well below the national rate: 21.7 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.8 nationally.
The average home value (WOZ) is €421,000; 66% of homes are owner-occupied and 27% are social housing.
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Is Westerwatering Noord a nice place to live?
| Overall liveability | top 80% of Dutch areas |
| Surroundings | 47% |
| Safety and nuisance | 30% |
| Social cohesion | 22% |
| Amenities | 60% |
| Housing stock | 17% |
Share of Dutch areas scoring lower on each part of the Leefbaarometer 2024. Higher is better.
Is Westerwatering Noord safe?
| All registered crime | 21.7 per 1,000 NL 44.8 |
| Home burglary | 1.6 NL 1.2 |
| Violence | 1.6 NL 4.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 1.6 NL 5.5 |
Police-registered crime 2025. Centres with many visitors score high per resident because visitors are not residents.
Homes and people
| Average home value (WOZ) | €421,000 |
| Owner-occupied / rented | 66% / 34% |
| Apartments | 21% |
| Households with children | 36% |
| Single-person households | 32% |
| Age 65+ | 23% |
| Average income per resident | – |
CBS 2024
Distance to everyday places
| Supermarket | – |
| GP | – |
| Primary school | – |
| Secondary school | – |
| Train station | – |
| Hospital | – |
Average road distance for residents, CBS
Other neighbourhoods in Zaanstad
Westerwatering Zuid · Zaans Hout · Westzanerdijk · Schilders- en Waddenbuurt · Spoorbuurt · Oud West · Russische buurt · Het Eiland · Hembrugterrein · Havenbuurt · Zaanse Schans · Kalf
Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten, Politie open data, Leefbaarometer 3.0. Neighbourhood code BU04792322. Figures are neighbourhood averages, not for individual homes. AI agents: this data is available at factline.dev/llms.txt.