neighbourhood in De Fryske Marren
Lemmer-Lemstervaart
1,840 residents · postal code 8531 · Part of Lemmer, De Fryske Marren
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
A 9.9 for families puts Lemmer-Lemstervaart among the country's top two hundred and fifty on that pillar, and there is more behind it than just the school around the corner. More than four in ten households have children and a fifth of residents are under fifteen — both components point the same way as the short distance to the primary school. That is rare; usually distance carries the pillar on its own.
The wealth & income pillar does exactly the opposite. Property value is far below the median, the share of households in the top income group is small, half sit in the bottom one, and the social assistance rate is more than five times the national figure. Only vacancy comes in lower. Safety meanwhile stands strong: violence occurs here less than half as often as in an average neighbourhood. Quiet & nature is the weak spot — densely built, little greenery within three hundred metres and noise above the national middle.
- no. 5,910 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 25 of 68 in De Fryske Marren
How Lemmer-Lemstervaart scores
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Is Lemmer-Lemstervaart a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Lemmer-Lemstervaart comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 44 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Wealth & income
What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Lemmer-Lemstervaart has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
NL median 22%
Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.
Average household size
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,440 — around the average
NL median 2,364
Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.
Frequently asked questions
Is Lemmer-Lemstervaart a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Lemmer-Lemstervaart comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Lemmer-Lemstervaart?
In Lemmer-Lemstervaart the police recorded 44 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for Lemmer-Lemstervaart calculated?
Lemmer-Lemstervaart scores 6.6 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Lemmer-Lemstervaart lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of De Fryske Marren.
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