district in Bergen (NH.)
Bergen Binnen
Bergen Binnen has 17 neighbourhoods with 11,890 residents in total.
Bergen Binnen forms the core of the artists' village of Bergen in Noord-Holland, with seventeen neighbourhoods and nearly 12,000 residents. Safety (7.5) sits highest, with wealth & income (7.3) and overall (7.3) close behind. Amenities (6.9) fall just below, and quiet & nature is the most modest at 7.9. A sought-after, prosperous village near the dunes and sea.
no. 3 of the 7 districts of Bergen (NH.)
Short answer: Bergen Binnen scores 8.3 as a district of Bergen (NH.), no. 3 of the 7 districts of Bergen (NH.). Its strongest neighbourhood is Geest (9.8), the worst Conincx (4.2). The district has 17 neighbourhoods with 11,890 residents in total.
Key figures for Bergen Binnen
- residents
- 11,890
- neighbourhoods
- 17
- km² of land
- 4.7
How Bergen Binnen 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, 370 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
Bergen Binnen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4512%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+39%
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
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,494 — 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 Bergen Binnen, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Bergen Binnen
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Neighbourhoods in Bergen Binnen
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