The districts of Westerkwartier
Westerkwartier has 64,855 residents (2026), spread across 19 districts and 81 neighbourhoods.
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Westerkwartier comes out at 7.0 as a municipality — better than 59% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 8.2; wealth and income hold it back at 5.1. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Verspreide huizen Zuidhorn (9.9), the lowest in Lauwerzijl (2.8). That is 7.1 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Westerkwartier
- residents
- 64,855
- districts
- 19
- neighbourhoods
- 81
- km² of land
- 363
How Westerkwartier 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, 1,267 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Westerkwartier →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Westerkwartier →
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 Westerkwartier looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,495 — 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 Westerkwartier, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Westerkwartier →Verspreide huizen Zuidhorn
Westerkwartier
Briltil
Westerkwartier
Buitengebied ten zuiden van Leek
Westerkwartier
Grijpskerk
Westerkwartier
Diepswal
Westerkwartier
Buitengebied ten noorden van Zevenhuizen
Westerkwartier
Weakest neighbourhoods
The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Westerkwartier →Other rankings
All districts of Westerkwartier
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