neighbourhood in Steenwijkerland
Dwarsgracht
115 residents · postal code 8355 · Part of Giethoorn, Steenwijkerland
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
Dwarsgracht has the sixty-sixth highest quiet & nature score in the Netherlands, and the figure behind it explains why: noise is more than twenty decibels below the national median. A seventh of its surface is water and just over a hundred people live here; a residential area in this country does not get quieter.
At the other end of the scale stands the families pillar, at 2.5 practically at the bottom of the national list. The primary school is nearly five kilometres away and almost no children live here, while more than four in ten residents are 65 or over. Also striking: a quarter of addresses stand empty, which pushes the wealth & income pillar down despite property values far above the national middle.
- no. 9,581 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 54 of 78 in Steenwijkerland
This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.
How Dwarsgracht scores
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Is Dwarsgracht a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dwarsgracht comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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, 0 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
Dwarsgracht has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 43%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–153%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4512%
NL median 22%
- 45–6534%
NL median 28%
- 65+43%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
23 — 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
Is Dwarsgracht a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dwarsgracht comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How is the grade for Dwarsgracht calculated?
Dwarsgracht scores 4.5 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 Dwarsgracht 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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