district in Ooststellingwerf
Oosterwolde
Oosterwolde has 18 neighbourhoods with 9,880 residents in total.
Oosterwolde, as the main town of Ooststellingwerf, spreads across eighteen neighbourhoods, together over 9,800 residents in the Frisian peat country. Safety holds up at 6.9 and amenities follow at 5.8, while quiet and nature sit right at the middle at 5.5. Wealth clearly lags at 3.9, dragging the overall down. The total of 5.4 shows a sprawling, safe but economically vulnerable main village.
no. 7 of the 13 districts of Ooststellingwerf
Short answer: Oosterwolde scores 5.4 as a district of Ooststellingwerf, no. 7 of the 13 districts of Ooststellingwerf. Its strongest neighbourhood is Oosterwolde-Buitengebied (7.8), the worst Oosterwolde-Snellingerdijk (3.1). The district has 18 neighbourhoods with 9,880 residents in total.
Key figures for Oosterwolde
- residents
- 9,880
- neighbourhoods
- 18
- km² of land
- 30.7
How Oosterwolde 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, 239 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.
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 Oosterwolde looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,112 — 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 Oosterwolde, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Oosterwolde
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Oosterwolde.
Neighbourhoods in Oosterwolde
Sorted by total grade
- 1Oosterwolde-Buitengebied7.8
- 2Oosterwolde-Slatten7.7
- 3Oosterwolde-Noord-Oost6.6
- 4Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp6.4
- 5Oosterwolde-Iris6.2
- 6Oosterwolde-Prandinga5.9
- 7Oosterwolde-Duistereweg5.6
- 8Oosterwolde-Weemeweg5.4
- 9Oosterwolde-Maden5.3
- 10Oosterwolde-Zuid5.2
- 11Oosterwolde-Hieming4.9
- 12Oosterwolde-Schottelenburg4.7
- 13Oosterwolde-Centrum-Noord-Oost4.3
- 14Oosterwolde-Centrum-Noord-West4.0
- 15Oosterwolde-Centrum-Zuid-Oost3.3
- 16Oosterwolde-Haerenkwartier3.1
- 17Oosterwolde-Snellingerdijk3.1
- –Oosterwolde-Industrie