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neighbourhood in Altena

Veen

2,495 residents · postal code 4264 · Part of Veen, Altena

  • no. 7,636 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 39 of 58 in Altena
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Scores per pillar

Veen lies deep in the Altena river country, far from any rail: the nearest station stands almost fourteen kilometres away. It is emphatically family country, with 42 per cent of households having children and 85 per cent single-family homes. Nature (6.9) and safety (7.2) do the pulling, while amenities (5.5) and social cohesion (4.7) lag; the total comes to 5.6. Property, at 410,000 euro, sits just below the national middle.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.9 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
2.6 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
13.7 km
Hospital
12.4 km
Restaurant
1.8 km
Café
1.7 km
Library
2.1 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
15.3
Violent crimes
1.2
Burglaries
1.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 410,000
Owner-occupied
68%
Single-family homes
85%
Built after 2000
35%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 19%15–25 13%25–45 26%45–65 24%65+ 17%
Average household size
2.5
Households with children
42%
Single-person households
31%
Residents per km²
2,536

Nearby neighbourhoods

Bedrijventerrein Veen

Altena

6.7

Veenseput

Altena

4.2

Aalst

Zaltbommel

7.2

Poederoijen

Zaltbommel

4.4

Verspreide huizen in de polder Aalst

Zaltbommel

5.5

Spijk

Altena

9.1

Similar neighbourhoods

Hoornse Meer

Groningen

5.6

Julianapark en omgeving

Utrecht

5.6

Rapenburg

Amsterdam

5.6

’t Harde Centrum

Elburg

5.6

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Veen calculated?

Veen 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 Veen a safe neighbourhood?

Veen scores 7.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (15.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.