district in Groningen
Haren-West e.o.
Haren-West e.o. has 11 neighbourhoods with 13,395 residents in total.
Haren-West is the well-to-do, green part of the former Haren, folded into Groningen at the reorganisation, 13,395 residents across eleven neighbourhoods reaching to the Paterswoldsemeer lake. The numbers are strong across the board: amenities reach 8.1, wealth comes in at 7.6 and safety at 8.1, and the overall lands on 9.2. Quiet and nature hold just above the middle at 7.8, the most modest figure in an otherwise strong district. One of the more agreeable areas around the city.
no. 2 of the 20 districts of Groningen
Short answer: Haren-West e.o. scores 9.3 as a district of Groningen, no. 2 of the 20 districts of Groningen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Haren-Noord (9.9), the worst Paterswoldsemeer (5.0). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 13,395 residents in total.
Key figures for Haren-West e.o.
- residents
- 13,395
- neighbourhoods
- 11
- km² of land
- 14.1
How Haren-West e.o. 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, 334 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
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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
Haren-West e.o. has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
2.1 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,337 — around the 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 Haren-West e.o., weighted by population.
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Neighbourhoods in Haren-West e.o.
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