The districts of Ooststellingwerf
Ooststellingwerf has 25,940 residents (2026), spread across 13 districts and 59 neighbourhoods.
Plenty of space, less prosperity
Ooststellingwerf comes out at 5.6 as a municipality — better than 41% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Quiet and nature lift that grade with 7.4; wealth and income hold it back at 4.8. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Oldeberkoop-West (8.4), the lowest in Appelscha-Midden West (3.0). That is 5.4 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Ooststellingwerf
- residents
- 25,940
- districts
- 13
- neighbourhoods
- 59
- km² of land
- 223
How Ooststellingwerf 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, 494 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Ooststellingwerf →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Ooststellingwerf →
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 Ooststellingwerf looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,175 — 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 Ooststellingwerf, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Ooststellingwerf →Oldeberkoop-West
Ooststellingwerf
Oldeberkoop-Oost
Ooststellingwerf
Appelscha-Drentseweg
Ooststellingwerf
Oosterwolde-Buitengebied
Ooststellingwerf
Oosterwolde-Slatten
Ooststellingwerf
Makkinga
Ooststellingwerf
Weakest neighbourhoods
Appelscha-Midden West
Ooststellingwerf
Oosterwolde-Haerenkwartier
Ooststellingwerf
Fochteloo
Ooststellingwerf
The worst and the safest districts of Ooststellingwerf
The worst districts of Ooststellingwerf 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 Ooststellingwerf: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Ooststellingwerf: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Ooststellingwerf →
Other rankings
The 13 districts of Ooststellingwerf with a grade
Sorted by total grade