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Living in De Kampen/De Essen

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Assen. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Assen, and registered crime per resident is lower.

1,485 residents, 682 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Assen average.

The average WOZ value in De Kampen/De Essen is €271,000, 8% lower than in Assen (€294,000). Between 2023 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 6%, the same as in Assen. 63% of the homes are owner-occupied, 4 percentage points more than in Assen (59%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €271,000
    8% lower than Assen (€294,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2023
    +6%
    about the same as Assen (+6%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    63%
    4 percentage points higher than Assen (59%)
  • Social housing
    18%
    9 percentage points lower than Assen (27%)
  • Private rent
    19%
    5 percentage points higher than Assen (14%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    96%
    27 percentage points higher than Assen (69%)
  • Built 1992–2005
    2%
    20 percentage points lower than Assen (22%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    0%
    16 percentage points lower than Assen (16%)
  • Built 2006–2015
    0%
    11 percentage points lower than Assen (11%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 6% between 2023 and 2025, to €271,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€271,0008% below Assen
  • +6% since 2023
  • Assen +6%
Explanation

The WOZ value as struck on 1 January of the year before the KWB edition.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Modelled ownership costs

Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€280 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€280/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 124 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €271,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€111NL median
  • Water board levy€39–
  • Property tax (OZB)€33€24
  • Waste levy€22€27
  • Sewage levy€17€22
Costs to set aside€169
  • Maintenance reserve€158–
  • Buildings insurance€11–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Assen's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 146th of 334 gemeenten, cheapest first.

cheapestdearest

Water board, maintenance and insurance are estimated from national rates and the home's value and size, so they aren't compared.

Explanation
  • The home: one typical home of 124 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €271,000.
  • Levies: Assen's own OZB, sewage and waste rates for 2026. The water board levy uses national average rates.
  • Set aside: maintenance at 0.85% and buildings insurance at 0.06% a year of the rebuild cost (€1,800 per m²).
  • NL median: what the same home would pay in the middle gemeente. Gemeenten where a regional body collects the waste levy are left out.
  • Not included: mortgage and energy. These are estimates, not actual bills.

Source: Municipal levies + CBS 2026

Dwelling value ladder

De Kampen/De Essen has the highest WOZ value of the 4 buurten in Peelo.

Netherlands€398,000
Assen€294,000
Peelo€249,000
De Kampen/De Essen€271,000
Explanation

Average WOZ value from the Netherlands down to this area, and its rank within its own group (e.g. buurten within the same wijk). Provincie is omitted: KWB publishes no province rows to average.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)

WOZ value and age structure

Here: €271,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
De Kampen/De Essen271,000682–
De Venen/De Wallen254,000446–
De Velden/De Stukken250,000743–
De Landen/De Akkers233,0001,060–
Explanation

Each circle is an area: position by average WOZ value, size by dwelling count. The 65-and-over share (pct_65_plus) travels on every point but is not yet drawn as a second axis.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)

Dwellings by ownership

The largest category is owner-occupied, at 63% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied63%
  • Social housing18%
  • Private rent19%
Explanation

CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Dwellings by type

96% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes96%
  • Multi-family homes4%
Explanation

CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Dwellings by build period

97% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 24% in the municipality of Assen.

  • Before 19450.1%
  • 1965-19740.1%
  • 1975-199197.4%
  • 1992-20052.2%
  • 2006-20150.1%
Explanation

Based on 682 dwellings with a registered construction year in the BAG (verblijfsobjecten whose pand has no usable bouwjaar, such as 1005 or 9999, are excluded).

Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01

02 · Safety

Less registered crime per resident than the Assen average.

In 2025, 23 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in De Kampen/De Essen, 45% lower than in Assen (42). Since 2023 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 18%, against a fall of 22% in Assen. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    23
    45% lower than Assen (42)
  • Change since 2023
    -18%
    higher than Assen (-22%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    0.5
    71% lower than Assen (1.7)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, De Kampen/De Essen registered 23 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 42 in the municipality of Assen.

De Kampen/De Essen23
The municipality of Assen42
Explanation

Crime is counted where it happens and divided by the number of residents, so places with many visitors — city centres, nightlife, stations — score higher.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Registered crime per year

In 2025, De Kampen/De Essen registered 23 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 42 in the municipality of Assen.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
2345% below Assen
  • -18% since 2023
  • Assen -22%
Explanation

Registered crime, not all crime — CBS/Politie 47018NED. A year without a matching population figure (KWB) is left out.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Crime by category

The largest category in De Kampen/De Essen is 'Traffic': 6.0 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 4.5 in the municipality of Assen.

De Kampen/De EssenAssen
  • Traffic6.0
  • Theft and burglary5.3
  • Fraud and scams5.3
  • Vandalism and public order4.7
  • Violence and threats1.3
  • Other and withheld0.7
  • Environmental0.0
Explanation

Four categories are structurally withheld at buurt level (sex offences, child pornography, child prostitution, other integrity offences); the gap with the published total is shown under 'other'.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Home burglary

Home burglary 2023-2025: 0.5 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 1.7 in the municipality of Assen.

De Kampen/De Essen0.49
The municipality of Assen1.69
Explanation

Averaged over 3 years (2023-2025) to dampen year-to-year noise at low counts.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2024, police in De Kampen/De Essen registered 7 traffic accidents, of which 3 with injury and none fatal.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
FatalInjuryMaterial damage only
Explanation

Registered accidents (BRON, Rijkswaterstaat); material-damage-only accidents have not been systematically registered since roughly 2010 and are not comparable between areas. This area shows only accidents with an exactly known location (roughly 80-85% of all registered accidents); the rest is known only at street, intersection or gemeente level. The comparison with the gemeente therefore also uses only the gemeente's exactly-located accidents, which is why that figure is lower than on the gemeente's own page.

Source: BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024

03 · Living environment

Residents rate their health above the Assen average; green space is below the Assen average.

An estimated 73% of adults in De Kampen/De Essen rate their own health as good, 1 percentage point more than in Assen. More adults are overweight (58% against 55%), more meet the physical activity guideline (51% against 48%) and more report anxiety or depression (45% against 44%). Built-up land is the largest land use in De Kampen/De Essen, covering 71% of the area, against 22% in Assen. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 12% of the area, 16 percentage points below the 28% in Assen.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    73%
    1 percentage point higher than Assen (72%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    12%
    16 percentage points lower than Assen (28%)
  • More figures
  • Overweight
    58%
    3 percentage points higher than Assen (55%)
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    51%
    3 percentage points higher than Assen (48%)
  • Smokes
    17%
    about the same as Assen (17%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    45%
    1 percentage point higher than Assen (44%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    71%
    49 percentage points higher than Assen (22%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    5%
    39 percentage points lower than Assen (44%)
  • Forest and nature, share of the area
    0%
    18 percentage points lower than Assen (18%)

Health

An estimated 73% of adults rate their own health as good, against 72% in the municipality of Assen (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Assen
Good self-rated health
73%
72.4%
Smokes
17.4%
16.8%
Excessive drinking
5.1%
5.3%
Overweight
58%
54.7%
Lonely
48.1%
48.2%
Anxiety or depression feelings
44.7%
44.4%
Meets physical activity guideline
51.1%
48.4%
Explanation

An RIVM model estimate (small-area estimation from the 2024 Health Monitor for Adults and Elderly), not a direct tabulation — even a buurt that was not itself surveyed gets an estimate. Figures cover adults aged 18 and over.

Source: RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024

Land use

12% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 28% in the municipality of Assen.

  • Traffic11.9%
  • Built-up71.4%
  • Recreation11.9%
  • Agriculture4.8%
Explanation

Every share is calculated as a percentage of the TOTAL area (land and water together, peiljaar 2022); water is therefore one of the slices itself, not a separate whole. Green is the sum of recreational terrain (parks, sport fields, allotments, day recreation) and natural terrain (forest, open natural terrain) — agricultural land is not counted as green here.

Source: CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022

Distance to amenities

A large supermarket lies here at an average road distance of 800 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket800 m–
GP practice800 m–
Primary school800 m–
Daycare800 m–
Large supermarkets–0.6
GP practices–0.6
Daycares–1.2
Explanation

Average road distance from every address in this buurt to the nearest amenity, and the average count within 1 km — a buurt average, not a distance from one address.

Source: CBS proximity statistics 2025

04 · Residents

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Assen.

De Kampen/De Essen has 1,485 inhabitants (2026), or 3,528 per km² (4.1 times as high as in Assen). Between 2023 and 2026 the population fell 2%, against a rise of 2% in Assen. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Assen was 79%, 1 percentage point above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 had the highest share there: 18% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.

Key figures
  • Population growth since 2023
    -2%
    lower than Assen (+2%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Assen
    79%
    1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +0%
    lower than Assen (+1%)
  • Aged 25 to 45
    26%
    2 percentage points higher than Assen (24%)
  • Never married
    47%
    2 percentage points lower than Assen (49%)
  • Dutch origin
    83%
    4 percentage points higher than Assen (79%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    47%
    1 percentage point higher than Assen (46%)
  • D66, share of the vote
    18%
    1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population shrank 2% between 2023 and 2026, to 1,485.

Residents, 2026
1,485
  • -2% since 2023
  • Assen +2%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 3,528 residents per km², this buurt is 4.1 times as densely populated as the municipality of Assen.

Residents per km²3,528
Dwellings per km²1,623.8

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 13.3 children were born per 1,000 residents; 6.6 died per 1,000.

2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

26% of residents are between 25 and 45.

  • 0 to 15235
  • 15 to 25180
  • 25 to 45390
  • 45 to 65380
  • 65 to 80265
  • 80 and over40

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

47% of residents are never married.

  • Never married700
  • Married590
  • Divorced130
  • Widowed65

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

83% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands1,235
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)70
  • Outside Europe180

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

47% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1270
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-4550
  • Higher professional, university340

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Assen; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 79% of eligible voters in Assen voted. The largest party was D66 with 18% of the valid votes.

Municipality of AssenThe Netherlands
D66
17.6%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
14.3%
16.7%
VVD
13.4%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
15.1%
12.8%
CDA
12.5%
11.8%
JA21
4.9%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
4.6%
4.5%
BBB
2.5%
2.6%
Other
15.1%
14.4%
Explanation

Official election result (Kiesraad), top 8 parties by national vote count plus 'Other'; share of valid votes. A voter may vote at any polling station in their own gemeente; there is therefore no reliable buurt- or wijk-level result. This figure is the whole gemeente's own result.

Source: Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025

05 · More figures

More figures

De Kampen/De Essen has an average of 1.1 cars per household, about the same as in Assen (1.1). 18% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 7 percentage points less than in Assen (25%).

Key figures
  • Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
    18%
    11 percentage points higher than Assen (7%)
  • Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
    9%
    10 percentage points lower than Assen (19%)
  • Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
    0%
    4 percentage points lower than Assen (4%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.1
    about the same as Assen (1.1)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    19%
    6 percentage points lower than Assen (25%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2023
    −1 pp
    lower than Assen (+2 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    99%
    10 percentage points higher than Assen (89%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    0%
    2 percentage points lower than Assen (2%)
  • Assembly, share of addresses
    0%
    1 percentage point lower than Assen (1%)
  • Residents per km²
    3,528
    6.5 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
  • Social housing
    18%
    10 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (28%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    96%
    33 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 30 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie15
Handel en horeca10
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie20
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening30
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg20
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten15

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

19% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 25% in the municipality of Assen (2025).

  • Petrol81.4%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)18.6%
Explanation

CBS splits passenger cars into 'petrol' and 'other fuel' only. That second category bundles diesel, LPG, electric (including hybrid), hydrogen, alcohol, LNG and CNG together — CBS publishes no separate electric-car count per buurt, wijk or gemeente, so this is not the same as an 'electric share'.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Share on other fuel per year

The share of passenger cars not running on petrol went from 19% to 19% between 2023 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
19%6 percentage points below Assen (25%)
  • +0 pp since 2023
  • Assen +2 pp
Explanation

See the 'Passenger cars by fuel type' card for what 'other fuel' covers — this is not the share of electric cars.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Vehicles by kind

In 2025, 785 passenger cars and 80 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars785
Motorcycles80
Explanation

At this level CBS publishes only passenger cars and motorcycles, no vans or trucks.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Addresses by building use

99% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is assembly (0.3%).

  • Residential98.8%
  • Assembly0.3%
  • Industrial0.1%
  • Other0.7%
Explanation

Based on 690 verblijfsobjecten in use. An object with several registered uses (e.g. a flat above a shop) is counted under each of them, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.

Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01

Biggest difference from the Netherlands

4% multi-family dwellings, against 37% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Multi-family dwellings4%
  • Residents per km²3,528
  • Social housing18%
  • Single-family dwellings96%
  • Average WOZ value€271,000
Explanation

The 5 characteristics that differ most from the national average, ranked by log ratio (so a halving and a doubling count as equally different); the shown percentage is the ordinary difference against the Netherlands.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

06 · Nearby areas

Other neighbourhoods in Assen

Other neighbourhoods in Assen
De Venen/De Wallen940€254,00031
De Velden/De Stukken1,620€250,00010
De Landen/De Akkers2,140€233,00020
Peelerpark50––

Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026, Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01, CBS proximity statistics 2025, CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025, BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024, Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025, RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024, CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022, Municipal levies + CBS 2026. Figures describe the whole neighbourhood.

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Living in De Kampen/De Essen (Assen): WOZ, prices & safety