The districts of Texel
Texel has 13,845 residents (2026), spread across 3 districts and 14 neighbourhoods.
Safe streets, thinner wallets
As a municipality, Texel sits at 6.3, better than 51% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Safety lifts that grade with 8.0; wealth and income hold it back at 4.7. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Oosterend (9.0), the lowest in Verspreide huizen De Koog en het Duingebied (2.7). That is 6.3 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Texel
- residents
- 13,845
- districts
- 3
- neighbourhoods
- 14
- km² of land
- 162
How Texel 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, 433 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Texel →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Texel →
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
Texel has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,546 — far 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 Texel, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Texel →Oosterend
Texel
De Cocksdorp
Texel
Den Burg
Texel
Oudeschild
Texel
Den Hoorn
Texel
De Koog
Texel
Weakest neighbourhoods
The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Texel →Other rankings
All districts of Texel
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