neighbourhood in Noordoostpolder
Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart
2,135 residents · postal code 8301 · Part of Emmeloord, Noordoostpolder
Everything close by, little to spend
The nearest railway station is almost twenty-three kilometres away. Even so, Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart scores 7.6 for amenities: the supermarket and a restaurant are around the corner, and those two weigh more heavily in that pillar than the railway does. Anyone living here without a car notices the difference only on the first trip out of the polder.
The overall score of 2.9 comes from the other side. The wealth & income pillar sits at 2.7 and there is little to soften it: property value far below the national median, the social assistance rate far above it, and vacancy higher than average as well.
The age profile is the most pronounced feature: more than a third of residents are 65 or older. That is also where the 5.1 for families comes from — few households with children live here, and the primary school is a good kilometre away.
- no. 12,407 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 37 of 38 in Noordoostpolder
How Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart scores
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Is Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart comes out at 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 85 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
Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
NL median 28%
- 65+37%
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
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,592 — 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
Is Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart comes out at 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart?
In Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart the police recorded 85 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart calculated?
Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart scores 2.9 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 Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart 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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