district in Groningen
Nieuw-Oost
Nieuw-Oost has 12 neighbourhoods with 16,200 residents in total.
Lewenborg, Oosterhoogebrug and Ulgersmaborg together form Nieuw-Oost, twelve neighbourhoods and just over 16,000 residents on the eastern edge of Groningen. Amenities reach 7.2, quiet and nature 6.2 and safety 6.1. Wealth and income (4.5) and the overall (6.2) stay below the median. Families land on 7.4. A post-war, water-rich city edge with the familiar challenge of large-scale 1970s building.
no. 8 of the 20 districts of Groningen
Short answer: Nieuw-Oost scores 6.2 as a district of Groningen, no. 8 of the 20 districts of Groningen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Drielanden (9.8), the worst Lewenborg-Zuid (5.0). The district has 12 neighbourhoods with 16,200 residents in total.
Key figures for Nieuw-Oost
- residents
- 16,200
- neighbourhoods
- 12
- km² of land
- 7.5
How Nieuw-Oost 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, 361 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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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
The age profile of Nieuw-Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,359 — 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-Oost, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Nieuw-Oost
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Neighbourhoods in Nieuw-Oost
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