The districts of Altena
Altena has 58,745 residents (2026), spread across 19 districts and 63 neighbourhoods.
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Altena comes out at 6.8 as a municipality — better than 57% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Families lift that grade with 7.4; wealth and income hold it back at 5.6. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Almkerk oost (9.3), the lowest in Kurenpolder (2.5). That is 6.8 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Altena
- residents
- 58,745
- districts
- 19
- neighbourhoods
- 63
- km² of land
- 200
How Altena 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.
In 2025, 1,514 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Altena →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Altena →
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 Altena looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,787 — more 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Altena, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Altena →Almkerk oost
Altena
Spijk
Altena
Buitengebied Wijk en Aalburg oost
Altena
Woudrichem zuid
Altena
Genderen
Altena
Oudendijk
Altena
Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of Altena
The worst districts of Altena are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of Altena: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Altena: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Altena →
Other rankings
The 19 districts of Altena with a grade
Sorted by total grade