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Buitenwoel

2,225 residents · postal code 9646 · Part of Veendam-kern, Veendam

  • no. 1,535 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 2 of 17 in Veendam
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Scores per pillar

Buitenwoel is Veendam's villa edge: 93 percent owner-occupied, 99 percent single-family, waterside plots and 46 percent of households with children. Safety scores 9.7 — around 14 crimes per 1,000 people present — and the overall grade of 9.1 is exceptional for the Veenkoloniën region. The supermarket is two kilometres away though; this is a neighbourhood built around the car.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
2.0 km
General practitioner
1.5 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
1.1 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
3.1 km
Hospital
3.0 km
Restaurant
1.5 km
Café
1.5 km
Library
1.8 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
14.4
Violent crimes
0.9
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 339,000
Owner-occupied
93%
Single-family homes
99%
Built after 2000
35%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 17%15–25 12%25–45 21%45–65 32%65+ 17%
Average household size
2.6
Households with children
46%
Single-person households
17%
Residents per km²
1,071

Nearby neighbourhoods

Veendam-Centrum

Veendam

2.9

Veendam-Oude Ae

Veendam

3.0

Veendam en omgeving station

Veendam

3.5

Veendam-Middenweg en omgeving

Veendam

3.8

Veendam-Sorghvliet

Veendam

3.8

Veendam-Zuid

Veendam

3.3

Similar neighbourhoods

Vlinderstrik

Lansingerland

9.1

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Uithoorn

9.1

Verspreide huizen Kerkdriel, Berm en Hoorzik

Maasdriel

9.1

De Afhang

Horst aan de Maas

9.1

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Buitenwoel calculated?

Buitenwoel scores 9.1 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 Buitenwoel a safe neighbourhood?

Buitenwoel scores 9.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (14.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.