The districts of Heerenveen
Heerenveen has 51,850 residents (2026), spread across 7 districts and 31 neighbourhoods.
Plenty of space, less prosperity
Heerenveen comes out at 6.4 as a municipality — better than 52% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Quiet and nature lift that grade with 7.7; wealth and income hold it back at 4.8. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Skoatterwald (9.8), the lowest in Centrum (2.9). That is 6.9 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Heerenveen
- residents
- 51,850
- districts
- 7
- neighbourhoods
- 31
- km² of land
- 190
How Heerenveen 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, 1,685 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Heerenveen →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Heerenveen →
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 Heerenveen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.1 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,014 — 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 Heerenveen, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Heerenveen →Skoatterwald
Heerenveen
Oranjewoud
Heerenveen
De Heide
Heerenveen
Nes
Heerenveen
Nieuwehorne
Heerenveen
Mildam
Heerenveen
Weakest neighbourhoods
The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Heerenveen →Other rankings
All districts of Heerenveen
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