district in Noordenveld
Roden
Roden has 10 neighbourhoods with 17,555 residents in total.
Roden lies in the Drenthe municipality of Noordenveld, close to the city of Groningen, ten neighbourhoods and just over 17,000 residents. Safety stands out at 7.7 and quiet and nature holds above the middle at 6.1. Amenities lag at 5.4 and wealth and income get no further than 4.8. The overall stays at 5.5. A quiet, green commuter village on the border of Drenthe and Groningen.
no. 2 of the 5 districts of Noordenveld
Short answer: Roden scores 6.9 as a district of Noordenveld, no. 2 of the 5 districts of Noordenveld. Its strongest neighbourhood is Roderwolde (8.5), the worst Industrieterrein Roden (4.0). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 17,555 residents in total.
Key figures for Roden
- residents
- 17,555
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 11.5
How Roden 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, 310 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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Who lives here
Roden has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+30%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,354 — around the 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 Roden, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Roden
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Neighbourhoods in Roden
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