district in Midden-Drenthe
Beilen
Beilen has 5 neighbourhoods with 11,665 residents in total.
Beilen, a Drenthe village on the railway to Assen, scores best on quiet and nature (6.7) and safety (7.8). The other pillars stay near or below the middle: amenities 6.4, overall 6.6, prosperity 4.9. Five neighbourhoods hold over 11,600 residents. A quiet, green village where the surroundings and safety are the strongest cards.
no. 5 of the 17 districts of Midden-Drenthe
Short answer: Beilen scores 6.6 as a district of Midden-Drenthe, no. 5 of the 17 districts of Midden-Drenthe. Its strongest neighbourhood is Verspreide huizen Beilen (8.9), the worst Holthe (5.3). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 11,665 residents in total.
Key figures for Beilen
- residents
- 11,665
- neighbourhoods
- 5
- km² of land
- 50
How Beilen 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, 281 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.
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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.
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Who lives here
The age profile of Beilen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,361 — far 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 Beilen, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Beilen
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Neighbourhoods in Beilen
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