The districts of Smallingerland
Smallingerland has 57,080 residents (2026), spread across 16 districts and 61 neighbourhoods.
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
As a municipality, Smallingerland sits at 5.7, better than 43% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Families lift that grade with 6.8; wealth and income hold it back at 4.2. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Himsterhout (10.0), the lowest in De Bouwen zuid (2.5). That is 7.5 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Smallingerland
- residents
- 57,080
- districts
- 16
- neighbourhoods
- 61
- km² of land
- 117
How Smallingerland scores
Amenities
no grade
Too few figures are available for this area to give a grade.
Why is there no grade →Do some of these matter more to you than others?
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 2,107 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Smallingerland →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Smallingerland →
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 Smallingerland looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.1 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,141 — far more 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 Smallingerland, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Smallingerland →Himsterhout
Smallingerland
De Wilgen
Smallingerland
De Tike
Smallingerland
Drachtstervaart oost
Smallingerland
Drachtstervaart west
Smallingerland
Buitengebied west
Smallingerland
Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of Smallingerland
The worst districts of Smallingerland 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 Smallingerland: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Smallingerland: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Smallingerland →
Other rankings
The 16 districts of Smallingerland with a grade
Sorted by total grade