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Ter Apel 't Heem

1,905 residents · postal code 9561 · Part of Ter Apel, Westerwolde

Bottom 49% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Ter Apel 't Heem lies in the green Westerwolde, and that is at once its strongest pillar: space and quiet score a 9.4. Beneath it the picture thins out, a 3.1 for wealth, a 4.5 for amenities, with the average home worth just €227,000. Just over eighty percent are single-family homes and a little over half are owner-occupied. Crime stays below the national middle at eighteen per 1,000 people present, and the overall grade is 6.1.

  • no. 6,788 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 8 of 57 in Westerwolde

How Ter Apel 't Heem scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
18.4 per 1,000
Violent crime
2.0 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.9 per 1,000
Property crime
3.4 per 1,000
Vandalism
3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 36 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.
Supermarket
1.4 km
GP practice
1.3 km
Train station
17.5 km
Restaurant
1.4 km
Hospital
18.0 km
Café
2.4 km
Library
1.4 km
Motorway ramp
1.2 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 227,000
Welfare recipients
31.5 per 1,000
High incomes
10%
Low incomes
45%
Vacancy
2%
Owner-occupied
55%
Social housing
40%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
86%
Built after 2000
11%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
1,842 inw/km²
Noise level
48 dB
Green surroundings
54%
Trees nearby
23%
Water share
9%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
566
Fine particles (PM2.5)
6.5 µg/m³

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

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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.5 km
Households with children
37%
Childcare
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Residents under 15
15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Ter Apel 't Heem looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1515%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2513%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4522%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6529%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+21%

    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

    2.2around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    34%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    37%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    1,842less 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

How is the grade for Ter Apel 't Heem calculated?

Ter Apel 't Heem scores 6.1 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Ter Apel 't Heem lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Ter Apel 't Heem a safe neighbourhood?

Ter Apel 't Heem scores 6.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (18.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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