district in Veendam
Veendam-kern
Veendam-kern has 8 neighbourhoods with 20,165 residents in total.
The core of Veendam spans eight neighbourhoods and just over 20,000 residents around the centre and Sorghvliet. Amenities reach 6.9 and quiet and nature 6.9; safety comes to 5.4. Wealth and income, though, sit well below the median at 3.4, and the overall gets no further than 5.1. An old Groningen peat-colony town facing the same liveability questions as much of the north-east.
no. 2 of the 3 districts of Veendam
Short answer: Veendam-kern scores 5.1 as a district of Veendam, no. 2 of the 3 districts of Veendam. Its strongest neighbourhood is Buitenwoel (9.6), the worst Veendam-industriegebied (2.8). The district has 8 neighbourhoods with 20,165 residents in total.
Key figures for Veendam-kern
- residents
- 20,165
- neighbourhoods
- 8
- km² of land
- 12.5
How Veendam-kern 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, 734 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 Veendam-kern looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,546 — 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 Veendam-kern, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Veendam-kern
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Veendam-kern.
Neighbourhoods in Veendam-kern
Sorted by total grade