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Kern De Meije

Kern De Meije has 1 neighbourhoods with 95 residents in total.

Bottom 18% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 13 of the 13 districts of Nieuwkoop

Short answer: Kern De Meije scores 3.8 as a district of Nieuwkoop, no. 13 of the 13 districts of Nieuwkoop. Its highest neighbourhood grade is De Meije Nieuwkoopse Plassen (3.8). The district has 1 neighbourhood with 95 residents in total.

Key figures for Kern De Meije

residents
95
neighbourhoods
1
km² of land
4.5

How Kern De Meije scores

Amenities

no grade

CBS publishes too few figures for this neighbourhood.

Why is there no grade

Wealth & income

no grade

CBS publishes too few figures for this neighbourhood.

Why is there no grade

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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
27.0 per 1,000
Violent crime
3.7 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.6 per 1,000
Property crime
9.5 per 1,000
Vandalism
3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 3 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Owner-occupied
75%
Social housing
0%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
80%

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Population density
21 inw/km²
Noise level
47 dB
Green surroundings
82%
Trees nearby
3%
Water share
8%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
36
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.0 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

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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Households with children
28%
Residents under 15
9%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kern De Meije has strikingly few children under 15: 9%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–159%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–259%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4522%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6536%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+23%

    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

    2.1smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    30%around the average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    28%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    21far 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 Kern De Meije, weighted by population.

Neighbourhoods in Kern De Meije

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1De Meije Nieuwkoopse Plassen3.8