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.
The average WOZ value in Sluisdennen is €346,000, 18% higher than in Assen (€294,000). 53% of the homes are owner-occupied, 6 percentage points less than in Assen (59%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€346,000
▲18% higher than Assen (€294,000)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
53%
▼6 percentage points lower than Assen (59%)
Social housing
0%
▼27 percentage points lower than Assen (27%)
Private rent
47%
▲33 percentage points higher than Assen (14%)
Single-family dwellings
40%
▼29 percentage points lower than Assen (69%)
Built 1965–1974
34%
▲18 percentage points higher than Assen (16%)
Built 2016 and later
0%
▼10 percentage points lower than Assen (10%)
Built before 1945
1%
▼7 percentage points lower than Assen (8%)
Average WOZ value
€346,000
▲18% higher than Assen (€294,000)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
53%
▼6 percentage points lower than Assen (59%)
Social housing
0%
▼27 percentage points lower than Assen (27%)
Private rent
47%
▲33 percentage points higher than Assen (14%)
Single-family dwellings
40%
▼29 percentage points lower than Assen (69%)
Built 1965–1974
34%
▲18 percentage points higher than Assen (16%)
Built 2016 and later
0%
▼10 percentage points lower than Assen (10%)
Built before 1945
1%
▼7 percentage points lower than Assen (8%)
Modelled ownership costs
Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€284 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€284/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
118 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €346,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€122NL median
Property tax (OZB)€42€30
Water board levy€41–
Waste levy€22€27
Sewage levy€17€22
Costs to set aside€162
Maintenance reserve€151–
Buildings insurance€11–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Assen's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 183rd 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 118 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €346,000.
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
Sluisdennen has the 4th-highest WOZ value of the 9 buurten in Assen-Oost.
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: €346,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Sluisdennen
346,000
252
–
Houtlaan
702,000
137
–
Vreebergen/Amelterhout
452,000
200
–
Schildersbuurt
287,000
589
–
Vredeveld Noord
235,000
1,135
–
Vredeveld Zuid
254,000
1,213
–
De Dorpen
208,000
675
–
GGZ-terrein
98,000
55
–
Park Diepstroeten
464,000
411
–
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 53% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied53%
Private rent47%
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
60% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.
Single-family homes40%
Multi-family homes60%
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
45% of dwellings were built between 1992 and 2005, against 22% in the municipality of Assen.
Before 19450.8%
1945-19644.8%
1965-197433.7%
1992-200544.8%
2006-201515.5%
2016 and later0.4%
Explanation
Based on 252 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, 12 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Sluisdennen, 71% lower than in Assen (42). Since 2023 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 34%, 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
12
▼71% lower than Assen (42)
Change since 2023
-34%
▼lower than Assen (-22%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
6.6
▲3.9 times as high as Assen (1.7)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
12
▼71% lower than Assen (42)
Change since 2023
-34%
▼lower than Assen (-22%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
6.6
▲3.9 times as high as Assen (1.7)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Sluisdennen registered 12 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 42 in the municipality of Assen.
Sluisdennen12
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.
The largest category in Sluisdennen is 'Theft and burglary': 8.8 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 17.0 in the municipality of Assen.
SluisdennenAssen
Theft and burglary8.8
Assen 17.0▼ −48% vs Assen
Vandalism and public order2.9
Assen 7.4▼ −61% vs Assen
Violence and threats0.0
Assen 5.0▼ −100% vs Assen
Fraud and scams0.0
Assen 6.3▼ −100% vs Assen
Traffic0.0
Assen 4.5▼ −100% vs Assen
Environmental0.0
Assen 0.3≈ Assen
Other and withheld0.0
Assen 1.5▼ −100% vs Assen
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'.
In 2021, police in Sluisdennen registered 2 traffic accidents, of which 0 with injury and none fatal.
2021
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) 2021
03 · Living environment
Residents rate their health above the Assen average; green space is above the Assen average.
An estimated 75% of adults in Sluisdennen rate their own health as good, 3 percentage points more than in Assen. Fewer adults smoke (7% against 17%), fewer are overweight (46% against 55%), fewer report anxiety or depression (35% against 44%) and fewer feel lonely (40% against 48%). Recreational land is the largest land use in Sluisdennen, covering 55% of the area, against 10% in Assen. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 55% of the area, 27 percentage points above the 28% in Assen.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
75%
▲3 percentage points higher than Assen (72%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
55%
▲27 percentage points higher than Assen (28%)
More figures
Smokes
7%
▼10 percentage points lower than Assen (17%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
35%
▼9 percentage points lower than Assen (44%)
Overweight
46%
▼9 percentage points lower than Assen (55%)
Lonely
40%
▼8 percentage points lower than Assen (48%)
Recreation, share of the area
55%
▲45 percentage points higher than Assen (10%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼44 percentage points lower than Assen (44%)
Built-up, share of the area
45%
▲23 percentage points higher than Assen (22%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
75%
▲3 percentage points higher than Assen (72%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
55%
▲27 percentage points higher than Assen (28%)
More figures
Smokes
7%
▼10 percentage points lower than Assen (17%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
35%
▼9 percentage points lower than Assen (44%)
Overweight
46%
▼9 percentage points lower than Assen (55%)
Lonely
40%
▼8 percentage points lower than Assen (48%)
Recreation, share of the area
55%
▲45 percentage points higher than Assen (10%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼44 percentage points lower than Assen (44%)
Built-up, share of the area
45%
▲23 percentage points higher than Assen (22%)
Health
An estimated 75% 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
75.4%
72.4%
Smokes
7%
16.8%
Excessive drinking
8.7%
5.3%
Overweight
46%
54.7%
Lonely
39.8%
48.2%
Anxiety or depression feelings
34.8%
44.4%
Meets physical activity guideline
50.5%
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
55% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 28% in the municipality of Assen.
Built-up45.2%
Recreation54.8%
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 500 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
500 m
–
GP practice
500 m
–
Primary school
600 m
–
Daycare
600 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
1.9
GP practices
–
1
Daycares
–
2.6
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.
Sluisdennen has 330 inhabitants (2026), or 770 per km² (11% lower than in Assen). Between 2023 and 2026 the population fell 1%, 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
-1%
▼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%)
Married
51%
▲14 percentage points higher than Assen (37%)
Dutch origin
88%
▲9 percentage points higher than Assen (79%)
D66, share of the vote
18%
▲1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2023
-1%
▼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%)
Married
51%
▲14 percentage points higher than Assen (37%)
Dutch origin
88%
▲9 percentage points higher than Assen (79%)
D66, share of the vote
18%
▲1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population shrank 1% between 2023 and 2026, to 330.
Residents, 2026
330
-1% since 2023
Assen +2%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 770 residents per km², this buurt is 11% less densely populated than the municipality of Assen.
Residents per km²770
Dwellings per km²586
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, almost no children were born; 132.4 died per 1,000.
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
38% of residents are 80 and over.
0 to 155
15 to 2510
25 to 4520
45 to 6560
65 to 80110
80 and over125
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
51% of residents are married.
Never married60
Married170
Divorced20
Widowed85
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
88% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands295
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)20
Outside Europe20
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
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
Sluisdennen has an average of 1.2 cars per household, 9% higher than in Assen (1.1). 31% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 6 percentage points more than in Assen (25%).
Key figures
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
0%
▼19 percentage points lower than Assen (19%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
38%
▲17 percentage points higher than Assen (21%)
Business services, share of businesses
38%
▲14 percentage points higher than Assen (24%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.2
▲9% higher than Assen (1.1)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
31%
▲6 percentage points higher than Assen (25%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2023
−1 pp
▼lower than Assen (+2 pp)
Healthcare, share of addresses
34%
▲32 percentage points higher than Assen (2%)
Residential, share of addresses
98%
▲9 percentage points higher than Assen (89%)
Industrial, share of addresses
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Assen (2%)
Multi-family dwellings
60%
▲23 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
Single-family dwellings
40%
▼23 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Residents per km²
770
▲43% higher than the Netherlands (539)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
0%
▼19 percentage points lower than Assen (19%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
38%
▲17 percentage points higher than Assen (21%)
Business services, share of businesses
38%
▲14 percentage points higher than Assen (24%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.2
▲9% higher than Assen (1.1)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
31%
▲6 percentage points higher than Assen (25%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2023
−1 pp
▼lower than Assen (+2 pp)
Healthcare, share of addresses
34%
▲32 percentage points higher than Assen (2%)
Residential, share of addresses
98%
▲9 percentage points higher than Assen (89%)
Industrial, share of addresses
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Assen (2%)
Multi-family dwellings
60%
▲23 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
Single-family dwellings
40%
▼23 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Residents per km²
770
▲43% higher than the Netherlands (539)
Business establishments by sector
Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 15 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie0
Handel en horeca0
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie0
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed5
Zakelijke dienstverlening15
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg15
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
31% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 25% in the municipality of Assen (2025).
Petrol69.4%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)30.6%
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 31% to 31% between 2023 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
31%▲ 6 percentage points above 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, 180 passenger cars and 15 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars180
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
98% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is healthcare (34%).
Residential97.7%
Office0.4%
Assembly0.4%
Healthcare34.5%
Industrial0.4%
Education0.4%
Sports0.4%
Other0.8%
Explanation
Based on 258 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
47% private rent, against 14% nationally.
This areaThe Netherlands
Private rent47%
NL 14%▲ +236% vs NL
Multi-family dwellings60%
NL 37%▲ +62% vs NL
Single-family dwellings40%
NL 63%▼ −36% vs NL
Residents per km²770
NL 539▲ +43% vs NL
Average WOZ value€346,000
NL €398,000▼ −13% vs NL
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