The districts of Westerveld

Westerveld has 19,985 residents (2026), spread across 18 districts and 45 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 48% of the Netherlands

Spacious, quiet and ageing

Westerveld comes out at 6.1 as a municipality — better than 47% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Quiet and nature lift that grade with 8.5; families hold it back at 4.4. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Vledder (8.5), the lowest in Verspreide huizen Boschoord (2.6). That is 5.9 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 19,985
districts: 18
neighbourhoods: 45
km² of land: 279

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

17.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

5.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 338 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

2.4 km

GP practice

2.2 km

Train station

11.9 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

13.7 km

Café

7.9 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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

€ 426,582

Welfare recipients

12.7 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

76%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

90%

Built after 2000

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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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

940 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

67%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

221

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.

Primary school

1.5 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

1.3 km

Secondary school

6.5 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Westerveld has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
934 — 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 Westerveld, weighted by population.