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neighbourhood in Emmen

Barger-Oosterveld

2,990 residents · postal code 7826 · Part of Barger-Oosterveld, Emmen

  • no. 4,846 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 5 of 75 in Emmen

Scores per pillar

Barger-Oosterveld near Emmen is a thinly populated village (under sixteen hundred residents per square kilometre) made up almost entirely of owner-occupied single-family homes: 82 per cent owned, 97 per cent single-family. Safety earns a 9.7, at just over ten crimes per 1,000 people present. Housing (5.2) and the social score (4.7) lag on the low average value (329,000 euro); the GP is a distant 2.3 kilometres away.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
2.3 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
1.8 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
6.2 km
Hospital
4.9 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
6.1 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
10.3
Violent crimes
0.6
Burglaries
0.3

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 329,000
Owner-occupied
82%
Single-family homes
97%
Built after 2000
18%
Income per resident
€ 32,000

Who lives here

0–15 14%15–25 12%25–45 20%45–65 30%65+ 24%
Average household size
2.4
Households with children
38%
Single-person households
26%
Residents per km²
1,552

Nearby neighbourhoods

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Barger-Oosterveld calculated?

Barger-Oosterveld scores 7.2 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 Barger-Oosterveld a safe neighbourhood?

Barger-Oosterveld scores 9.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (10.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.