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Living in Starnmeer

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Alkmaar. Homes cost more than the average in the municipality of Alkmaar, and registered crime per resident is lower.

210 residents, 73 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost more than the Alkmaar average.

The average WOZ value in Starnmeer is €609,000, 60% higher than in Alkmaar (€380,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 31%, against a rise of 46% in Alkmaar. 88% of the homes are owner-occupied, 29 percentage points more than in Alkmaar (59%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €609,000
    60% higher than Alkmaar (€380,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +31%
    lower than Alkmaar (+46%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    88%
    29 percentage points higher than Alkmaar (59%)
  • Social housing
    0%
    28 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (28%)
  • Private rent
    12%
    2 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (14%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    90%
    29 percentage points higher than Alkmaar (61%)
  • Built 1975–1991
    5%
    28 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (33%)
  • Built 1945–1964
    21%
    12 percentage points higher than Alkmaar (9%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    5%
    11 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (16%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 31% between 2021 and 2025, to €609,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€609,00060% above Alkmaar
  • +31% since 2021
  • Alkmaar +46%
Explanation

The WOZ value as struck on 1 January of the year before the KWB edition.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Modelled ownership costs

Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€456 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€456/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 239 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €609,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€129NL median
  • Water board levy€49–
  • Waste levy€31€27
  • Property tax (OZB)€30€53
  • Sewage levy€19€22
Costs to set aside€327
  • Maintenance reserve€305–
  • Buildings insurance€22–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Alkmaar's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 9th of 334 gemeenten, cheapest first.

cheapestdearest

Water board, maintenance and insurance are estimated from national rates and the home's value and size, so they aren't compared.

Explanation
  • The home: one typical home of 239 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €609,000.
  • Levies: Alkmaar's own OZB, sewage and waste rates for 2026. The water board levy uses national average rates.
  • Set aside: maintenance at 0.85% and buildings insurance at 0.06% a year of the rebuild cost (€1,800 per m²).
  • NL median: what the same home would pay in the middle gemeente. Gemeenten where a regional body collects the waste levy are left out.
  • Not included: mortgage and energy. These are estimates, not actual bills.

Source: Municipal levies + CBS 2026

Dwelling value ladder

Starnmeer has the 2nd-highest WOZ value of the 7 buurten in Graft-De Rijp.

Netherlands€398,000
Alkmaar€380,000
Graft-De Rijp€471,000
Noordeinde€845,000
Starnmeer€609,000

Markenbinnen€556,000
Graft€512,000
West-Graftdijk€491,000
De Rijp€447,000
Oost-Graftdijk€380,000
Explanation

Average WOZ value from the Netherlands down to this area, and its rank within its own group (e.g. buurten within the same wijk). Provincie is omitted: KWB publishes no province rows to average.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)

WOZ value and age structure

Here: €609,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Starnmeer609,00073–
Noordeinde845,00036–
West-Graftdijk491,000291–
Graft512,000360–
De Rijp447,0001,882–
Oost-Graftdijk380,000103–
Markenbinnen556,000132–
Explanation

Each circle is an area: position by average WOZ value, size by dwelling count. The 65-and-over share (pct_65_plus) travels on every point but is not yet drawn as a second axis.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)

Dwellings by ownership

The largest category is owner-occupied, at 88% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied88%
  • Private rent12%
Explanation

CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Dwellings by type

90% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes90%
  • Multi-family homes10%
Explanation

CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Dwellings by build period

59% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 18% in the municipality of Alkmaar.

  • Before 194558.9%
  • 1945-196420.5%
  • 1965-19745.5%
  • 1975-19915.5%
  • 1992-20054.1%
  • 2006-20154.1%
  • 2016 and later1.4%
Explanation

Based on 73 dwellings with a registered construction year in the BAG (verblijfsobjecten whose pand has no usable bouwjaar, such as 1005 or 9999, are excluded).

Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01

02 · Safety

Less registered crime per resident than the Alkmaar average.

In 2025, 24 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Starnmeer, 53% lower than in Alkmaar (51). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 156%, against a rise of 13% in Alkmaar. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    24
    53% lower than Alkmaar (51)
  • Change since 2021
    +156%
    higher than Alkmaar (+13%)
  • Home burglary
    1
    2023–2025

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Starnmeer registered 24 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 51 in the municipality of Alkmaar.

Starnmeer24
The municipality of Alkmaar51
Explanation

Crime is counted where it happens and divided by the number of residents, so places with many visitors — city centres, nightlife, stations — score higher.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Registered crime per year

In 2025, Starnmeer registered 24 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 51 in the municipality of Alkmaar.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
2453% below Alkmaar
  • +156% since 2021
  • Alkmaar +13%
Explanation

Registered crime, not all crime — CBS/Politie 47018NED. A year without a matching population figure (KWB) is left out.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Crime by category

The largest category in Starnmeer is 'Fraud and scams': 9.5 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 5.2 in the municipality of Alkmaar.

StarnmeerAlkmaar
  • Fraud and scams9.5
  • Traffic9.5
  • Theft and burglary4.8
  • Vandalism and public order0.0
  • Violence and threats0.0
  • Environmental0.0
  • Other and withheld0.0
Explanation

Four categories are structurally withheld at buurt level (sex offences, child pornography, child prostitution, other integrity offences); the gap with the published total is shown under 'other'.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2024, police in Starnmeer registered 8 traffic accidents, of which 1 with injury and none fatal.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
FatalInjuryMaterial damage only
Explanation

Registered accidents (BRON, Rijkswaterstaat); material-damage-only accidents have not been systematically registered since roughly 2010 and are not comparable between areas. This area shows only accidents with an exactly known location (roughly 80-85% of all registered accidents); the rest is known only at street, intersection or gemeente level. The comparison with the gemeente therefore also uses only the gemeente's exactly-located accidents, which is why that figure is lower than on the gemeente's own page.

Source: BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024

03 · Living environment

Residents rate their health above the Alkmaar average; green space is below the Alkmaar average.

An estimated 78% of adults in Starnmeer rate their own health as good, 6 percentage points more than in Alkmaar. Fewer adults feel lonely (39% against 48%), fewer report anxiety or depression (38% against 47%), fewer smoke (13% against 17%) and fewer are overweight (48% against 51%). Agricultural land is the largest land use in Starnmeer, covering 93% of the area, against 57% in Alkmaar. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 2% of the area, 13 percentage points below the 15% in Alkmaar.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    78%
    6 percentage points higher than Alkmaar (72%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    2%
    13 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (15%)
  • More figures
  • Lonely
    39%
    9 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (48%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    38%
    9 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (47%)
  • Smokes
    13%
    4 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (17%)
  • Overweight
    48%
    3 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (51%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    93%
    36 percentage points higher than Alkmaar (57%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    0%
    17 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (17%)
  • Forest and nature, share of the area
    0%
    10 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (10%)

Health

An estimated 78% of adults rate their own health as good, against 72% in the municipality of Alkmaar (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Alkmaar
Good self-rated health
78.3%
71.9%
Smokes
12.9%
16.6%
Excessive drinking
7.5%
6.1%
Overweight
48.1%
51%
Lonely
38.8%
47.9%
Anxiety or depression feelings
38.1%
47.2%
Meets physical activity guideline
53.2%
50.9%
Explanation

An RIVM model estimate (small-area estimation from the 2024 Health Monitor for Adults and Elderly), not a direct tabulation — even a buurt that was not itself surveyed gets an estimate. Figures cover adults aged 18 and over.

Source: RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024

Land use

2% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 15% in the municipality of Alkmaar.

  • Traffic2.5%
  • Built-up0.3%
  • Recreation1.9%
  • Agriculture93.2%
  • Forest and nature0.3%
  • Water1.8%
Explanation

Every share is calculated as a percentage of the TOTAL area (land and water together, peiljaar 2022); water is therefore one of the slices itself, not a separate whole. Green is the sum of recreational terrain (parks, sport fields, allotments, day recreation) and natural terrain (forest, open natural terrain) — agricultural land is not counted as green here.

Source: CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022

Distance to amenities

A daycare lies here at an average road distance of 2200 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket6,800 m–
GP practice6,800 m–
Primary school4,900 m–
Daycare2,200 m–
Large supermarkets–0
GP practices–0
Daycares–0.2
Explanation

Average road distance from every address in this buurt to the nearest amenity, and the average count within 1 km — a buurt average, not a distance from one address.

Source: CBS proximity statistics 2025

04 · Residents

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Alkmaar.

Starnmeer has 210 inhabitants (2026), or 32 per km² (97% lower than in Alkmaar). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 2%, against a rise of 3% in Alkmaar. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Alkmaar was 78%, in line with the national figure. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 had the highest share there: 21% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.

Key figures
  • Population growth since 2021
    -2%
    lower than Alkmaar (+3%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Alkmaar
    78%
    about the same as the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +4%
    lower than Alkmaar (+6%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    32%
    5 percentage points higher than Alkmaar (27%)
  • Never married
    45%
    6 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (51%)
  • Dutch origin
    91%
    17 percentage points higher than Alkmaar (74%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    47%
    5 percentage points higher than Alkmaar (42%)
  • D66, share of the vote
    21%
    4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population shrank 2% between 2021 and 2026, to 210.

Residents, 2026
210
  • -2% since 2021
  • Alkmaar +3%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 32 residents per km², this buurt is 97% less densely populated than the municipality of Alkmaar.

Residents per km²32
Dwellings per km²10.9

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 23.8 children were born per 1,000 residents; 23.8 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

32% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 1540
  • 15 to 2525
  • 25 to 4535
  • 45 to 6570
  • 65 to 8045
  • 80 and over5

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

45% of residents are never married.

  • Never married95
  • Married95
  • Divorced10
  • Widowed10

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

91% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands195
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)15
  • Outside Europe5

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

47% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo140
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-480
  • Higher professional, university50

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Alkmaar; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 78% of eligible voters in Alkmaar voted. The largest party was D66 with 21% of the valid votes.

Municipality of AlkmaarThe Netherlands
D66
20.8%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
13%
16.7%
VVD
14.4%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
16.3%
12.8%
CDA
8.9%
11.8%
JA21
6.1%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
5.2%
4.5%
BBB
2.4%
2.6%
Other
12.9%
14.4%
Explanation

Official election result (Kiesraad), top 8 parties by national vote count plus 'Other'; share of valid votes. A voter may vote at any polling station in their own gemeente; there is therefore no reliable buurt- or wijk-level result. This figure is the whole gemeente's own result.

Source: Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025

05 · More figures

More figures

Starnmeer has an average of 1.5 cars per household, 50% higher than in Alkmaar (1.0). 25% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 2 percentage points more than in Alkmaar (23%).

Key figures
  • Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
    36%
    35 percentage points higher than Alkmaar (1%)
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    7%
    12 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (19%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    14%
    11 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (25%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.5
    50% higher than Alkmaar (1.0)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    25%
    2 percentage points higher than Alkmaar (23%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +6 pp
    higher than Alkmaar (+5 pp)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    32%
    28 percentage points higher than Alkmaar (4%)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    83%
    4 percentage points lower than Alkmaar (87%)
  • Office, share of addresses
    2%
    1 percentage point higher than Alkmaar (1%)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    10%
    27 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    88%
    31 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
  • Average WOZ value
    €609,000
    53% higher than the Netherlands (€398,000)

Business establishments by sector

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij is the largest sector, with 25 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij25
Nijverheid en energie15
Handel en horeca5
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie0
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed5
Zakelijke dienstverlening10
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg5
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten5

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

25% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 23% in the municipality of Alkmaar (2025).

  • Petrol75%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)25%
Explanation

CBS splits passenger cars into 'petrol' and 'other fuel' only. That second category bundles diesel, LPG, electric (including hybrid), hydrogen, alcohol, LNG and CNG together — CBS publishes no separate electric-car count per buurt, wijk or gemeente, so this is not the same as an 'electric share'.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Share on other fuel per year

The share of passenger cars not running on petrol went from 19% to 25% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
25%2 percentage points above Alkmaar (23%)
  • +6 pp since 2021
  • Alkmaar +4 pp
Explanation

See the 'Passenger cars by fuel type' card for what 'other fuel' covers — this is not the share of electric cars.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Vehicles by kind

In 2025, 120 passenger cars and 25 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars120
Motorcycles25
Explanation

At this level CBS publishes only passenger cars and motorcycles, no vans or trucks.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Addresses by building use

83% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (32%).

  • Residential83%
  • Office2.3%
  • Assembly1.1%
  • Industrial31.8%
  • Lodging1.1%
  • Other10.2%
Explanation

Based on 88 verblijfsobjecten in use. An object with several registered uses (e.g. a flat above a shop) is counted under each of them, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.

Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01

Biggest difference from the Netherlands

32 residents per km²: 94% less densely populated than the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²32
  • Multi-family dwellings10%
  • Owner-occupied dwellings88%
  • Average WOZ value€609,000
  • Single-family dwellings90%
Explanation

The 5 characteristics that differ most from the national average, ranked by log ratio (so a halving and a doubling count as equally different); the shown percentage is the ordinary difference against the Netherlands.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

06 · Nearby areas

Other neighbourhoods in Alkmaar

Other neighbourhoods in Alkmaar
Noordeinde85€845,000–
Markenbinnen315€556,00010
Graft880€512,0007
West-Graftdijk765€491,00013
De Rijp4,245€447,00020

Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026, Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01, CBS proximity statistics 2025, CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025, BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024, Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025, RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024, CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022, Municipal levies + CBS 2026. Figures describe the whole neighbourhood.

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Living in Starnmeer (Alkmaar): WOZ, prices & safety