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district in Bergen (NH.)

Bergen Binnen

Bergen Binnen has 17 neighbourhoods with 11,890 residents in total.

Top 23% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

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.
Total crime
21.8 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.9 per 1,000
Burglaries
1.0 per 1,000
Property crime
8.1 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 370 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in Bergen (NH.)The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Bergen (NH.)

The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
0.8 km
GP practice
1.3 km
Train station
5.2 km
Restaurant
0.9 km
Hospital
3.6 km
Café
1.0 km
Library
1.1 km
Motorway ramp
1.6 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Bergen (NH.)

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.
Property value
€ 707,305
Welfare recipients
10.9 per 1,000
High incomes
24%
Low incomes
41%
Vacancy
6%
Owner-occupied
66%
Social housing
20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
74%
Built after 2000
12%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Bergen (NH.)

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
3,494 inw/km²
Noise level
49 dB
Green surroundings
73%
Trees nearby
24%
Water share
0%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
1,147
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.1 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.

Tick = Dutch median

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Bergen (NH.)

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.8 km
Households with children
27%
Childcare
0.9 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Residents under 15
11%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Bergen (NH.)

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

    2.0smaller 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

    3,494far 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

The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Bergen Binnen.

Neighbourhoods in Bergen Binnen

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Geest9.8
  2. 2Van Reenen9.7
  3. 3De Rekere9.4
  4. 4Elkshove9.3
  5. 5Boschrand9.1
  6. 6Boendermaker9.1
  7. 7Landweg8.9
  8. 8Negen-Nessen8.4
  9. 9Kruidenbuurt8.4
  10. 10Tuin-en Oostdorp8.3
  11. 11Westdorp8.3
  12. 12Oudtburgh8.1
  13. 13Beekhove7.8
  14. 14Saenegheest6.9
  15. 15Oldehove6.6
  16. 16Bergen-Centrum6.3
  17. 17Conincx4.2