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Ballum

410 residents · postal code 9162 · Part of Wijk 00, Ameland

  • no. 8,049 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 3 of 7 in Ameland
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Scores per pillar

Home to 410 residents, Ballum is a rural area in Ameland. Measured against every neighbourhood in the Netherlands, it scores 5.4 out of 10. The profile is pronounced: safety scores 7.3, while housing lags at 4.4.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.3 km
General practitioner
0.3 km
Primary school
0.3 km
Secondary school
5.5 km
Childcare
3.7 km
Train station
41.0 km
Hospital
47.9 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
4.1 km
Library
4.2 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
19.5
Violent crimes
1.8
Burglaries
0.4

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 363,000
Owner-occupied
70%
Single-family homes
89%
Built after 2000
24%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 12%15–25 14%25–45 26%45–65 23%65+ 25%
Average household size
2.0
Households with children
23%
Single-person households
40%
Residents per km²
708

Nearby neighbourhoods

Hollum

Ameland

5.2

Nes

Ameland

5.8

Verspreide huizen Ferwerd

Noardeast-Fryslân

5.1

Buren

Ameland

6.3

Ferwerd

Noardeast-Fryslân

2.8

Marrum

Noardeast-Fryslân

3.3

Similar neighbourhoods

Durpe

Hulst

5.4

Hemrik

Leeuwarden

5.4

Debbemeer-Zuid

Schagen

5.4

Oldelamer

Weststellingwerf

5.4

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Ballum calculated?

Ballum scores 5.4 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 Ballum a safe neighbourhood?

Ballum scores 7.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (19.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.