neighbourhood in Emmen
Zwartemeer-Centrum
2,820 residents · postal code 7894 · Part of Zwartemeer, Emmen
Homes are cheap in Zwartemeer-Centrum, in Emmen: values average €248,000 and income €28,000 per resident, both well below the national average. Its village character shows in a density of just 1,148 residents per square kilometre and 95 percent single-family homes. Safety scores well at 8.4, with crime of 16.4 per 1,000 people present well under the national median of 24, but wealth and income (3.5) and thin amenities (4.7) pull the overall grade down to 4.7. The GP surgery is nearly four kilometres away.
- no. 9,153 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 30 of 75 in Emmen
How Zwartemeer-Centrum scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 52 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
The age profile of Zwartemeer-Centrum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,148 — far 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
How is the grade for Zwartemeer-Centrum calculated?
Zwartemeer-Centrum scores 4.7 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Zwartemeer-Centrum lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Zwartemeer-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?
Zwartemeer-Centrum scores 8.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Emmen.
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