district in Assen
Marsdijk
Marsdijk has 18 neighbourhoods with 11,910 residents in total.
Marsdijk is a spacious new-build district on the north side of Assen, split into eighteen neighbourhoods with nearly 12,000 residents. Safety (8.0) and overall (7.5) stand strong, and amenities (6.3) also sit above the middle. Wealth & income comes in at 6.0. Quiet & nature is the most modest, at 4.9. A safe, planned-out family district with a slightly above-average profile.
no. 1 of the 10 districts of Assen
Short answer: Marsdijk scores 7.5 as a district of Assen, no. 1 of the 10 districts of Assen. Its strongest neighbourhood is De Stoepen (9.7), the worst Bedrijventerrein West (2.6). The district has 18 neighbourhoods with 11,910 residents in total.
Key figures for Marsdijk
- residents
- 11,910
- neighbourhoods
- 18
- km² of land
- 5.8
How Marsdijk 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, 383 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
The age profile of Marsdijk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,366 — 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 Marsdijk, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Marsdijk
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Marsdijk.
Neighbourhoods in Marsdijk
Sorted by total grade
- 1De Stoepen9.7
- 2De Hamels9.4
- 3De Messchen8.6
- 4De Hullen8.5
- 5De Dreven8.3
- 6De Breeën8.1
- 7De Beemden8.1
- 8De Hoven7.8
- 9De Goorns7.4
- 10Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk Oost6.6
- 11Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West5.6
- 12De Kleuven4.8
- 13De Heugten4.1
- 14Messchenveld3.8
- 15Bedrijventerrein Oost2.7
- 16Havenkanaal Zuidzijde2.6
- 17Bedrijventerrein West2.6
- –Havenkanaal Noordzijde