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Rotstergaast

Rotstergaast has 1 neighbourhoods with 185 residents in total.

Bottom 24% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 37 of the 49 districts of De Fryske Marren

Short answer: Rotstergaast scores 4.3 as a district of De Fryske Marren, no. 37 of the 49 districts of De Fryske Marren. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Rotstergaast (4.3). The district has 1 neighbourhood with 185 residents in total.

Key figures for Rotstergaast

residents
185
neighbourhoods
1
km² of land
9.6

How Rotstergaast 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
24.3 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.9 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.5 per 1,000
Property crime
11.8 per 1,000
Vandalism
1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 4 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in De Fryske MarrenThe most dangerous neighbourhoods in De Fryske Marren

The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
5.2 km
GP practice
4.8 km
Train station
7.9 km
Restaurant
3.1 km
Hospital
7.2 km
Café
4.5 km
Library
7.1 km
Motorway ramp
3.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in De Fryske Marren

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
€ 486,000
Welfare recipients
0.0 per 1,000
High incomes
17%
Low incomes
36%
Vacancy
7%
Owner-occupied
95%
Social housing
0%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
97%
Built after 2000
17%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in De Fryske Marren

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
19 inw/km²
Noise level
31 dB
Green surroundings
81%
Trees nearby
3%
Water share
3%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
11
Fine particles (PM2.5)
6.3 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 De Fryske Marren

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
4.8 km
Households with children
35%
Childcare
4.8 km
Secondary school
5.5 km
Residents under 15
12%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in De Fryske Marren

Who lives here

Rotstergaast has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 15%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1512%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2512%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4515%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6535%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+26%

    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

    2.5larger than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    27%fewer than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    35%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    19far 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 Rotstergaast, weighted by population.

Neighbourhoods in Rotstergaast

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Rotstergaast4.3