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neighbourhood in Aa en Hunze

Gieten

4,780 residents · postal code 9461 · Part of Gieten, Aa en Hunze

  • no. 6,194 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 15 of 41 in Aa en Hunze

Scores per pillar

Gieten, a Drenthe village in the Aa en Hunze municipality, owes its solid overall mark mainly to safety: a 9.2, at just over 17 crimes per thousand people present. Nearly nine in ten homes are single-family and two-thirds are owner-occupied, though housing itself lags at 4.2. The village is grey, with a third of residents over 65. At an average €342,000, homes are affordable by national standards.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.8 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
1.3 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
15.0 km
Hospital
13.8 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
0.9 km
Library
1.0 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
17.5
Violent crimes
0.9
Burglaries
0.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 342,000
Owner-occupied
67%
Single-family homes
89%
Built after 2000
12%
Income per resident
€ 34,000

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 10%25–45 17%45–65 28%65+ 32%
Average household size
2.2
Households with children
30%
Single-person households
33%
Residents per km²
1,175

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Gieten calculated?

Gieten scores 6.4 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 Gieten a safe neighbourhood?

Gieten scores 9.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (17.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.