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neighbourhood in Heerenveen

Midden

3,750 residents · postal code 8442 · Part of Heerenveen, Heerenveen

  • no. 12,175 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 29 of 30 in Heerenveen

Scores per pillar

In the centre of Heerenveen, Midden is a neighbourhood of renters and single people: 64 percent rented, and more than half single-person households. Amenities score 8.7 and a station lies within two kilometres, but safety (2.9), social cohesion (3.0) and housing (3.7) keep the overall grade at 3.0. Homes are cheap at an average 242,000 euro, with 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
1.0 km
Primary school
0.9 km
Secondary school
1.1 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
1.8 km
Hospital
1.3 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Café
1.0 km
Library
0.7 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
32.4
Violent crimes
3.4
Burglaries
1.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 242,000
Owner-occupied
36%
Single-family homes
57%
Built after 2000
31%
Income per resident
€ 28,000

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 10%25–45 27%45–65 24%65+ 27%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
23%
Single-person households
52%
Residents per km²
3,720

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Midden calculated?

Midden scores 3.0 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 Midden a safe neighbourhood?

Midden scores 2.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (32.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.