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neighbourhood in Westerveld

Diever

2,365 residents · postal code 7981 · Part of Diever, Westerveld

  • no. 6,090 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 13 of 42 in Westerveld

Scores per pillar

Diever lies deep in Drenthe: a village of just 1,443 residents per square kilometre, plenty of greenery (nature a 6.6) and a safety grade of 9.0. Over a third of residents are over 65 and 91 per cent of homes are single-family. The price of that calm is isolation — the nearest station is more than sixteen kilometres away. The average home is worth €389,000.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
1.0 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
0.7 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
16.3 km
Hospital
18.1 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
14.2 km
Library
0.8 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
13.3
Violent crimes
1.6
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 389,000
Owner-occupied
70%
Single-family homes
91%
Built after 2000
19%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 8%25–45 16%45–65 27%65+ 35%
Average household size
2.1
Households with children
27%
Single-person households
33%
Residents per km²
1,443

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Diever calculated?

Diever scores 6.5 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 Diever a safe neighbourhood?

Diever scores 9.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (13.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.