district in Aalten
Buitengebied Aalten
Buitengebied Aalten has 12 neighbourhoods with 4,030 residents in total.
no. 3 of the 4 districts of Aalten
Short answer: Buitengebied Aalten scores 7.2 as a district of Aalten, no. 3 of the 4 districts of Aalten. Its strongest neighbourhood is Verspreide huizen IJzerlo (8.1), the worst Haart-kern (5.4). The district has 12 neighbourhoods with 4,030 residents in total.
Key figures for Buitengebied Aalten
- residents
- 4,030
- neighbourhoods
- 12
- km² of land
- 67.8
How Buitengebied Aalten 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, 79 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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
Buitengebied Aalten has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4517%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
289 — 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 Buitengebied Aalten, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Buitengebied Aalten
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Buitengebied Aalten.
Neighbourhoods in Buitengebied Aalten
Sorted by total grade
- 1Verspreide huizen IJzerlo8.1
- 2Verspreide huizen Dale8.0
- 3Verspreide huizen Barlo8.0
- 4Lintelo-kern7.7
- 5Verspreide huizen Haart7.6
- 6Barlo-Kern7.1
- 7Verspreide huizen Heurne6.6
- 8Verspreide huizen ten westen van Aalten6.5
- 9Verspreide huizen Lintelo6.4
- 10IJzerlo-kern5.9
- 11Verspreide huizen Dalese Veld5.4
- 12Haart-kern5.4