neighbourhood in Súdwest-Fryslân
Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot
2,895 residents · postal code 8606 · Part of Sneek, Súdwest-Fryslân
A residential area despite the name: 2,895 residents, mostly owner-occupied homes.
Everything close by, little to spend
Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot carries its double character in its name, and the figures show it: population density is far below what you would expect at this population size, and more than an eighth of the surface is water. Together with a noise level below the national middle value, that produces a 7.0 for quiet and nature — the strongest of the five but one.
That one is amenities, at 9.2: supermarket, GP and restaurant are all within six hundred metres and the station less than two kilometres away.
The 2.8 for wealth and income stands hard against that, and this score departs on every component. Property value is just over half the Dutch level, the top income group is half as broad as nationally, half of households fall into the bottom one, social assistance runs at five times the national middle, and vacancy is above it too. Of the five pillars this is the only one pointing so unambiguously in one direction.
- no. 9,073 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 74 of 141 in Súdwest-Fryslân
How Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot scores
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Is Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot comes out at 32 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, 138 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 Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
867 — 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 Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot comes out at 32 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 Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot?
In Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot the police recorded 138 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot calculated?
Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot scores 4.8 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 Sperkhem en industrieterrein Houkesloot 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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