neighbourhood in Molenlanden
Bleskensgraaf-Melkweg
90 residents · postal code 2971 · Part of Wijk02-Bleskensgraaf ca, Molenlanden
Home to 90 residents, Bleskensgraaf-Melkweg is a rural area in Molenlanden. On the national yardstick its total score is 5.3. Scores are fairly even, with space and quiet (6.2) as the strongest pillar. For families it stands at 4.3.
- no. 8,272 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 65 of 81 in Molenlanden
This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.
How Bleskensgraaf-Melkweg 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, 8 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 ⌄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
Bleskensgraaf-Melkweg has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 52%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–15–Not enough data
NL median 14%
- 15–2519%
NL median 11%
- 25–4552%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+–Not enough data
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
78% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
Not enough dataNot enough data
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
343 — 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 Bleskensgraaf-Melkweg calculated?
Bleskensgraaf-Melkweg scores 5.3 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 Bleskensgraaf-Melkweg 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 Bleskensgraaf-Melkweg a safe neighbourhood?
Bleskensgraaf-Melkweg scores 6.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (31.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Molenlanden
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Molenlanden.
More about this area
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