neighbourhood in Pekela
Oude Pekela
7,645 residents · postal code 9665 · Part of Wijk 00, Pekela
Oude Pekela is spaciously laid out, with fewer than 800 residents per square kilometre, which translates into a 7.2 for space and quiet. Beyond that the figures stay low: a 2.7 for wealth and a 3.5 total, with safety no higher than 5.0. At 202,000 euro the average home is among the lowest here, under half the median. More than eight in ten homes are single-family houses and six in ten owner-occupied; income per resident is a modest 27,000 euro.
- no. 11,417 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 5 in Pekela
How Oude Pekela 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, 243 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
The age profile of Oude Pekela looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
794 — 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 Oude Pekela calculated?
Oude Pekela scores 3.5 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 Oude Pekela 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 Oude Pekela a safe neighbourhood?
Oude Pekela scores 5.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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