district in Texel
Het Oude Land en duingebied
Het Oude Land en duingebied has 9 neighbourhoods with 12,445 residents in total.
On Texel, the district of Het Oude Land en duingebied covers almost the whole island beyond its southern tip, with Den Burg and De Koog the largest towns. Safety (8.2) is by far the strongest pillar, with amenities (6.1) a distant second. Quiet & nature is thin for an island at 5.1, and wealth & income dips to 4.6. Nine neighbourhoods hold over 12,000 residents, and the overall comes to 6.5.
no. 1 of the 2 districts of Texel
Short answer: Het Oude Land en duingebied scores 6.5 as a district of Texel, no. 1 of the 2 districts of Texel. Its strongest neighbourhood is Oosterend (9.0), the worst Verspreide huizen De Koog en het Duingebied (2.7). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 12,445 residents in total.
Key figures for Het Oude Land en duingebied
- residents
- 12,445
- neighbourhoods
- 9
- km² of land
- 110
How Het Oude Land en duingebied 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, 387 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
Het Oude Land en duingebied has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,694 — 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 Het Oude Land en duingebied, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Het Oude Land en duingebied
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Het Oude Land en duingebied.
Neighbourhoods in Het Oude Land en duingebied
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