The districts of Ameland
Ameland has 3,800 residents (2026), spread across 2 districts and 8 neighbourhoods.
Safe streets, thinner wallets
As a municipality, Ameland sits at 7.5, better than 66% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Safety lifts that grade with 8.7; wealth and income hold it back at 4.7. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Nes (8.1), the lowest in Ballum (6.4). Of the 4 graded neighbourhoods, 3 reach 7.0 or higher.
Key figures for Ameland
- residents
- 3,800
- districts
- 2
- neighbourhoods
- 8
- km² of land
- 56.6
How Ameland 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, 79 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Ameland →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Ameland →
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 Ameland looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
805 — far less 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 Ameland, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Ameland →Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of Ameland
The worst districts of Ameland 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 Ameland: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Ameland: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Ameland →
Other rankings
The 2 districts of Ameland with a grade
Sorted by total grade