district in Nieuwkoop
Kern Ter Aar
Kern Ter Aar has 4 neighbourhoods with 5,000 residents in total.
no. 8 of the 13 districts of Nieuwkoop
Short answer: Kern Ter Aar scores 8.1 as a district of Nieuwkoop, no. 8 of the 13 districts of Nieuwkoop. Its strongest neighbourhood is Bovenland (9.8), the lowest-scoring Aardam Oost (7.6). The district has 4 neighbourhoods with 5,000 residents in total.
Key figures for Kern Ter Aar
- residents
- 5,000
- neighbourhoods
- 4
- km² of land
- 7
How Kern Ter Aar 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, 130 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.
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
The age profile of Kern Ter Aar looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,729 — 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 Kern Ter Aar, weighted by population.
The best and lowest-scoring neighbourhoods of Kern Ter Aar
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Kern Ter Aar.
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Neighbourhoods in Kern Ter Aar
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