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Living in Loon

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

255 residents, 110 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost more than the Assen average.

The average WOZ value in Loon is €514,000, 75% higher than in Assen (€294,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 30%, against a rise of 40% in Assen. 98% of the homes are owner-occupied, 39 percentage points more than in Assen (59%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €514,000
    75% higher than Assen (€294,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +30%
    lower than Assen (+40%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    98%
    39 percentage points higher than Assen (59%)
  • Social housing
    0%
    27 percentage points lower than Assen (27%)
  • Private rent
    2%
    12 percentage points lower than Assen (14%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    100%
    31 percentage points higher than Assen (69%)
  • Built 1975–1991
    7%
    17 percentage points lower than Assen (24%)
  • Built 1992–2005
    15%
    7 percentage points lower than Assen (22%)
  • Built 2006–2015
    6%
    5 percentage points lower than Assen (11%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 30% between 2021 and 2025, to €514,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€514,00075% above Assen
  • +30% since 2021
  • Assen +40%
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: ~€506 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€506/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 262 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €514,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€148NL median
  • Property tax (OZB)€63€45
  • Water board levy€46–
  • Waste levy€22€27
  • Sewage levy€17€22
Costs to set aside€358
  • Maintenance reserve€334–
  • Buildings insurance€24–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Assen's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 234th 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 262 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €514,000.
  • 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

Loon has the 3rd-highest WOZ value of the 10 buurten in Buitengebied.

Netherlands€398,000
Assen€294,000
Buitengebied€490,000
Graswijkbuurt€554,000
Witten€515,000
Loon€514,000

Zeijerveld€497,000
Ter Aard€468,000
Ubbena€441,000
Anreep/Schieven€386,000
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: €514,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Loon514,000110–
Buitengebied Ubbena Oost450,00026–
Ubbena441,00038–
Ter Aard468,00029–
Zeijerveld497,00038–
Buitengebied Witten487,00030–
Witten515,00029–
Graswijkbuurt554,00026–
Anreep/Schieven386,00031–
Buitengebied Schieven385,00031–
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 98% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied98%
  • Private rent2%
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

100% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes100%
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

42% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 8% in the municipality of Assen.

  • Before 194542%
  • 1945-19648.9%
  • 1965-197420.5%
  • 1975-19917.1%
  • 1992-200515.2%
  • 2006-20156.2%
Explanation

Based on 112 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, 8 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Loon, 81% lower than in Assen (42). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 46%, against a fall of 13% in Assen. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    8
    81% lower than Assen (42)
  • Change since 2021
    -46%
    lower than Assen (-13%)
  • Home burglary
    1
    2023–2025

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Loon registered 8 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 42 in the municipality of Assen.

Loon8
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, Loon registered 8 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 42 in the municipality of Assen.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
8.380% below Assen
  • -46% since 2021
  • Assen -13%
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 Loon is 'Fraud and scams': 8.3 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 6.3 in the municipality of Assen.

LoonAssen
  • Fraud and scams8.3
  • Theft and burglary0.0
  • Vandalism and public order0.0
  • Violence and threats0.0
  • Traffic0.0
  • Environmental0.0
  • Other and withheld0.0
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

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2023, police in Loon registered 2 traffic accidents, of which 0 with injury and none fatal.

2020
2021
2023
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) 2023

03 · Living environment

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

An estimated 79% of adults in Loon rate their own health as good, 7 percentage points more than in Assen. Fewer adults feel lonely (38% against 48%), fewer report anxiety or depression (34% against 44%) and fewer smoke (9% against 17%), but more meet the physical activity guideline (54% against 48%). Agricultural land is the largest land use in Loon, covering 48% of the area, against 44% in Assen.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    79%
    7 percentage points higher than Assen (72%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    0%
    28 percentage points lower than Assen (28%)
  • More figures
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    34%
    10 percentage points lower than Assen (44%)
  • Lonely
    38%
    10 percentage points lower than Assen (48%)
  • Smokes
    9%
    8 percentage points lower than Assen (17%)
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    54%
    6 percentage points higher than Assen (48%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    44%
    22 percentage points higher than Assen (22%)
  • Forest and nature, share of the area
    0%
    18 percentage points lower than Assen (18%)
  • Recreation, share of the area
    0%
    10 percentage points lower than Assen (10%)

Health

An estimated 79% 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
79.3%
72.4%
Smokes
9%
16.8%
Excessive drinking
6.3%
5.3%
Overweight
50.5%
54.7%
Lonely
38.1%
48.2%
Anxiety or depression feelings
33.6%
44.4%
Meets physical activity guideline
53.5%
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

0% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 28% in the municipality of Assen.

  • Traffic7.4%
  • Built-up44.4%
  • Agriculture48.1%
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 daycare lies here at an average road distance of 2800 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket2,900 m–
GP practice2,900 m–
Primary school3,000 m–
Daycare2,800 m–
Large supermarkets–0
GP practices–0
Daycares–0
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.

Loon has 255 inhabitants (2026), or 933 per km² (8% higher than in Assen). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 2%, against a rise of 3% 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 2021
    -2%
    lower than Assen (+3%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Assen
    79%
    1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +0%
    lower than Assen (+3%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    36%
    9 percentage points higher than Assen (27%)
  • Married
    53%
    16 percentage points higher than Assen (37%)
  • Dutch origin
    94%
    15 percentage points higher than Assen (79%)
  • Higher education (hbo, wo)
    59%
    29 percentage points higher than Assen (30%)
  • D66, share of the vote
    18%
    1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population shrank 2% between 2021 and 2026, to 255.

Residents, 2026
255
  • -2% since 2021
  • Assen +3%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 933 residents per km², this buurt is 8% more densely populated than the municipality of Assen.

Residents per km²933
Dwellings per km²407.4

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 20.8 children were born per 1,000 residents; 20.8 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

36% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 1525
  • 15 to 2525
  • 25 to 4530
  • 45 to 6590
  • 65 to 8055
  • 80 and over25

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

53% of residents are married.

  • Never married85
  • Married135
  • Divorced15
  • Widowed20

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

94% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands230
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)5
  • Outside Europe10

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

59% of residents have a higher professional (hbo) or university (wo) education.

  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-470
  • Higher professional, university100

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

Loon has an average of 1.5 cars per household, 36% higher than in Assen (1.1). 30% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 5 percentage points more than in Assen (25%).

Key figures
  • Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
    0%
    19 percentage points lower than Assen (19%)
  • Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
    11%
    10 percentage points higher than Assen (1%)
  • Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
    22%
    10 percentage points higher than Assen (12%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.5
    36% higher than Assen (1.1)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    30%
    5 percentage points higher than Assen (25%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +8 pp
    higher than Assen (+3 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    99%
    10 percentage points higher than Assen (89%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    4%
    2 percentage points higher than Assen (2%)
  • Assembly, share of addresses
    1%
    about the same as Assen (1%)
  • Residents per km²
    933
    73% higher than the Netherlands (539)
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    98%
    41 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    100%
    37 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 10 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij5
Nijverheid en energie5
Handel en horeca0
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie5
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening10
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg10
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten10

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

30% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 25% in the municipality of Assen (2025).

  • Petrol69.7%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)30.3%
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 22% to 30% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
30%5 percentage points above Assen (25%)
  • +8 pp since 2021
  • 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, 165 passenger cars and 15 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars165
Motorcycles15
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 industrial (4%).

  • Residential99.1%
  • Assembly0.9%
  • Industrial3.5%
  • Other0.9%
Explanation

Based on 113 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

2% private rent, against 14% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Private rent2%
  • Residents per km²933
  • Owner-occupied dwellings98%
  • Single-family dwellings100%
  • Average WOZ value€514,000
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
Graswijkbuurt60€554,000
Witten65€515,000
Zeijerveld95€497,000
Buitengebied Witten85€487,000
Ter Aard80€468,000

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) 2023, 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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