district in Groningen
Nieuw-Noord
Nieuw-Noord has 6 neighbourhoods with 20,030 residents in total.
Selwerd, Paddepoel and the Zernike Campus together make up Nieuw-Noord, six neighbourhoods and just over 20,000 residents in the north of Groningen. Amenities reach a striking 9.5, with the university and college around the corner. Against that stands a low mark on every other pillar: wealth and income 2.7, quiet and nature 4.1 and safety 3.6. The overall comes to 3.7, among the lowest in the city. A student district of post-war blocks.
no. 16 of the 20 districts of Groningen
Short answer: Nieuw-Noord scores 3.7 as a district of Groningen, no. 16 of the 20 districts of Groningen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Selwerd (4.0), the worst Zernike Campus (2.8). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 20,030 residents in total.
Key figures for Nieuw-Noord
- residents
- 20,030
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 5
How Nieuw-Noord 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, 1,076 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
Nieuw-Noord has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 27%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–2527%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6516%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
71% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,833 — 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 Nieuw-Noord, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Nieuw-Noord
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Neighbourhoods in Nieuw-Noord
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