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neighbourhood in Texel

Den Burg

6,790 residents · postal code 1791 · Part of Het Oude Land en duingebied, Texel

  • no. 7,635 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 4 of 13 in Texel

Scores per pillar

Den Burg is the main village of Texel, and the Wadden island colours the figures: safe, with an 8.8 and eighteen offences per thousand, and amenities that are surprisingly complete for an island at 8.0. The nearest mainland station is fourteen kilometres away, ferry aside. Cohesion (3.7) and housing (4.4) lag; the total comes to 5.6. At 370,000 euro the average sits below the national median.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
14.0 km
Hospital
1.4 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
1.0 km
Library
0.9 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
18.4
Violent crimes
1.5
Burglaries
0.0

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 370,000
Owner-occupied
57%
Single-family homes
75%
Built after 2000
19%
Income per resident
€ 30,000

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 9%25–45 22%45–65 26%65+ 30%
Average household size
1.9
Households with children
24%
Single-person households
45%
Residents per km²
2,638

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Den Burg calculated?

Den Burg scores 5.6 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Den Burg a safe neighbourhood?

Den Burg scores 8.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (18.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.