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neighbourhood in Heerenveen

Noord

3,945 residents · postal code 8441 · Part of Heerenveen, Heerenveen

  • no. 9,456 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 22 of 30 in Heerenveen

Scores per pillar

Noord in Heerenveen has two strong points — nature at 7.1 and amenities at 8.1 — but housing stalls at 3.5 and the total stays at 4.6. Owned and rented homes split roughly evenly, and the average value is low at €295,000. Nearly half of households live alone. The station is barely eight hundred metres away, yet crime, at close to 28 per 1,000 people present, sits above the national median.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
1.3 km
General practitioner
1.8 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
0.6 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
0.8 km
Hospital
0.7 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
1.0 km
Library
1.6 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
27.8
Violent crimes
1.3
Burglaries
0.7

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 295,000
Owner-occupied
53%
Single-family homes
65%
Built after 2000
19%
Income per resident
€ 32,000

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 11%25–45 26%45–65 27%65+ 23%
Average household size
1.9
Households with children
28%
Single-person households
46%
Residents per km²
1,338

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Noord calculated?

Noord scores 4.6 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 Noord a safe neighbourhood?

Noord scores 4.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (27.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.