district in Noordoostpolder
Emmeloord
Emmeloord has 18 neighbourhoods with 27,555 residents in total.
Emmeloord is the central town of the Noordoostpolder, eighteen neighbourhoods and just over 27,000 residents around the Zuidert and the Erven. Peace and space takes the top mark at 6.1 and safety a 6.6, figures that suit a spaciously planned polder town. Amenities (6.4) hold up soundly. Prosperity and income (4.7) stay modest. With a 6.6 overall, this is a down-to-earth, purpose-built town in the middle of reclaimed land.
no. 3 of the 11 districts of Noordoostpolder
Short answer: Emmeloord scores 6.6 as a district of Noordoostpolder, no. 3 of the 11 districts of Noordoostpolder. Its strongest neighbourhood is Emmeloord-de Erven (9.1), the worst Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart (2.9). The district has 18 neighbourhoods with 27,555 residents in total.
Key figures for Emmeloord
- residents
- 27,555
- neighbourhoods
- 18
- km² of land
- 57.5
How Emmeloord scores
Do some of these matter more to you than others?
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 986 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Noordoostpolder →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Noordoostpolder →
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.
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 Emmeloord looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,464 — 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 Emmeloord, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Emmeloord
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Emmeloord.
Neighbourhoods in Emmeloord
Sorted by total grade
- 1Emmeloord-de Erven9.1
- 2Emmeloord-Emmelhage-Boswonen8.9
- 3Emmeloord-Espelervaart-Espelervaart West7.9
- 4Emmeloord-Waterland7.7
- 5Emmeloord-Emmelhage-Waterwonen/Polderwonen7.6
- 6Emmeloord-de Zuidert7.5
- 7Emmeloord-Centrum-Bos en Gaard6.9
- 8Emmeloord-Espelervaart-Rivierenbuurt6.2
- 9Emmeloord-Revelsant-Noord5.8
- 10Emmeloord-Espelervaart-Bergenbuurt5.7
- 11Emmeloord-Revelsant-Zuid4.9
- 12Emmeloord-Centrum-Centrum West4.3
- 13Emmeloord-landelijk gebied3.6
- 14Emmeloord-Centrum-Centrum Oost3.5
- 15Emmeloord-Bedrijventerrein de Munt3.3
- 16Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart2.9
- –Emmeloord-Bedrijventerrein Nagelerweg
- –Emmeloord-Bedrijventerrein A6