The districts of Drechterland
Drechterland has 20,480 residents (2026), spread across 9 districts and 28 neighbourhoods.
Safe, but everything is a drive away
Drechterland averages 7.0, which puts the municipality above 60% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.9; amenities hold it back at 5.9. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Reigersborg Noord (9.7), the lowest in Oosterleek (2.9). That is 6.8 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Drechterland
- residents
- 20,480
- districts
- 9
- neighbourhoods
- 28
- km² of land
- 58.9
How Drechterland 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, 457 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Drechterland →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Drechterland →
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 Drechterland looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,167 — 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 Drechterland, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Drechterland →Reigersborg Noord
Drechterland
Reigersborg Zuid
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Oosterblokker
Drechterland
Oudijk
Drechterland
Centrum Venhuizen
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Buitengebied Zuid
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Weakest neighbourhoods
The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Drechterland →Other rankings
All districts of Drechterland
Sorted by total grade