The districts of Smallingerland

Smallingerland has 57,080 residents (2026), spread across 16 districts and 61 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 44% of the Netherlands

Many families, 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.

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residents: 57,080
districts: 16
neighbourhoods: 61
km² of land: 117

Amenities

no grade

CBS publishes too few figures for this neighbourhood.

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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.

Total crime

28.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

10.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 2,107 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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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.

Property value

€ 302,712

Welfare recipients

29.9 per 1,000

Owner-occupied

63%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

82%

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

3,144 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,260

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.5 µg/m³

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.

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Households with children

34%

Residents under 15

15%

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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.