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Gasselternijveen

1,835 residents · postal code 9514 · Part of Gasselternijveen, Aa en Hunze

  • no. 7,646 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 22 of 41 in Aa en Hunze

Scores per pillar

Gasselternijveen is a Drenthe peat-colony village on the Gasselternijveensche Diep canal, with the Hondsrug ridge a bike ride away (nature 7.7). Safety scores 9.8 — position 301 nationally. The peat-colony housing market keeps values at €266k. Supermarket and GP sit right in the village. Overall: 5.6.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
7.6 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
16.6 km
Hospital
6.2 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
0.7 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
14.9
Violent crimes
0.7
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 266,000
Owner-occupied
62%
Single-family homes
95%
Built after 2000
11%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 12%25–45 19%45–65 31%65+ 24%
Average household size
2.2
Households with children
32%
Single-person households
30%
Residents per km²
934

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Gasselternijveen calculated?

Gasselternijveen scores 5.6 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Gasselternijveen a safe neighbourhood?

Gasselternijveen scores 9.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (14.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.