The districts of Bergen (NH.)
Bergen (NH.) has 29,750 residents (2026), spread across 8 districts and 37 neighbourhoods.
Spacious, quiet and ageing
Bergen (NH.) comes out at 7.8 as a municipality — better than 71% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Quiet and nature lift that grade with 8.1; families hold it back at 5.4. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Geest (9.8), the lowest in Bergen aan Zee (3.1). That is 6.7 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Bergen (NH.)
- residents
- 29,750
- districts
- 8
- neighbourhoods
- 37
- km² of land
- 99
How Bergen (NH.) 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, 978 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Bergen (NH.) →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Bergen (NH.) →
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
Bergen (NH.) has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4515%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+35%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,111 — 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 Bergen (NH.), weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Bergen (NH.) →Geest
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Van Reenen
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De Rekere
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Elkshove
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Groet met Hargen
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Boendermaker
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Weakest neighbourhoods
The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Bergen (NH.) →Other rankings
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