neighbourhood in Groningen
De Hoogte
4,140 residents · postal code 9716 · Part of Oud-Noord, Groningen
Everything close by, little to spend
The safety score is missing for De Hoogte, which means the overall score of 3.2 rests on four pillars instead of five. Reading this page, that is the first thing to know: one of the five components is absent from the weighting.
Of the four that remain, wealth & income is the lowest at a 2.6. The components all point the same way — a property value close to half the national median, few households on a high income, and social assistance at more than sixteen times the Dutch middle. That last figure is an outlier, even within a city like Groningen.
Against that stands a 9.1 for amenities: supermarket, restaurant and railway station are all within a kilometre. Quiet & nature pays for it, with less greenery than is usual nationally and noise well above the median.
- no. 11,848 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 95 of 120 in Groningen
How De Hoogte scores
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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
De Hoogte has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 44%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2518%
NL median 11%
- 25–4544%
NL median 22%
- 45–6518%
NL median 28%
- 65+6%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
69% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,500 — far more 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 De Hoogte calculated?
De Hoogte scores 3.2 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 De Hoogte 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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