neighbourhood in Emmen

Klazienaveen-Zuid

5,940 residents · postal code 7891 · Part of Klazienaveen, Emmen

Bottom 32% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Klazienaveen-Zuid scores highly on families with a 8.3, and that is no surprise: the primary school is round the corner and a third of all households have children. At the same time almost one in three residents is 65 or older. The pillar mainly measures the accessibility of education and childcare, not the age structure — an ageing neighbourhood can score perfectly well on it.

The 6.5 for quiet & nature rests on different components than you would guess. The greenery around the homes stays below the national middle; what carries this score is the low density and a noise level clearly below the Dutch line. Where it really goes wrong is wealth, with a 3.3. Property value amounts to less than sixty per cent of the national average, and that component is by far the heaviest of that pillar.

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no. 26 of 75 in Emmen

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Is Klazienaveen-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Klazienaveen-Zuid comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

19.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

5.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 136 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.9 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

10.8 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

10.1 km

Café

3.7 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 249,000

Welfare recipients

21.9 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

62%

Social housing

33%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

82%

Built after 2000

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

2,113 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

925

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.8 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.5 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Klazienaveen-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,113 — less densely populated than 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 Klazienaveen-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Klazienaveen-Zuid comes out at 19 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 Klazienaveen-Zuid?

In Klazienaveen-Zuid the police recorded 136 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Klazienaveen-Zuid calculated?

Klazienaveen-Zuid scores 4.9 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 Klazienaveen-Zuid 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.