neighbourhood in Noordoostpolder
Luttelgeest-landelijk gebied
1,890 residents · postal code 8315 · Part of Luttelgeest, Noordoostpolder
The rural area of Luttelgeest in the Noordoostpolder is thinly peopled indeed: fifty residents per square kilometre and a 7.9 for space and quiet. But amenities are almost entirely absent, a 2.7, with the supermarket nearly six kilometres away and the station more than twenty. Fewer than a third own and the average value stays low at €263,000. Wealth and income too reaches only 4.9, and the overall grade stands at 2.7.
- no. 12,675 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 38 of 38 in Noordoostpolder
How Luttelgeest-landelijk gebied scores
Do some of these matter more to you than others?
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 60 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Noordoostpolder →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Noordoostpolder →
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
Luttelgeest-landelijk gebied has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 21%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2521%
NL median 11%
- 25–4536%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
NL median 28%
- 65+7%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
50 — 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 Luttelgeest-landelijk gebied calculated?
Luttelgeest-landelijk gebied scores 2.7 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 Luttelgeest-landelijk gebied 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 Luttelgeest-landelijk gebied a safe neighbourhood?
Luttelgeest-landelijk gebied scores 6.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (24.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Noordoostpolder
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Noordoostpolder.
More about this area
Nearby neighbourhoods
Luttelgeest-woonkern
Noordoostpolder
Kerkbuurt
Steenwijkerland
Dijkdorp Blankenham
Steenwijkerland
Marknesse-woonkern
Noordoostpolder
Kuinre
Steenwijkerland
Marknesse-landelijk gebied
Noordoostpolder