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Living in Sluisdennen

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.

330 residents, 252 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 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%)

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.

Netherlands€398,000
Assen€294,000
Assen-Oost€291,000
Houtlaan€702,000
Sluisdennen€346,000

Schildersbuurt€287,000
Vredeveld Zuid€254,000
Vredeveld Noord€235,000
De Dorpen€208,000
GGZ-terrein€98,000
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: €346,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Sluisdennen346,000252–
Houtlaan702,000137–
Vreebergen/Amelterhout452,000200–
Schildersbuurt287,000589–
Vredeveld Noord235,0001,135–
Vredeveld Zuid254,0001,213–
De Dorpen208,000675–
GGZ-terrein98,00055–
Park Diepstroeten464,000411–
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)

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.

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

Registered crime per year

In 2025, Sluisdennen registered 12 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 42 in the municipality of Assen.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
1271% below Assen
  • -34% 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 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
  • Vandalism and public order2.9
  • Violence and threats0.0
  • Fraud and scams0.0
  • 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

Home burglary

Home burglary 2023-2025: 6.6 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 1.7 in the municipality of Assen.

Sluisdennen6.61
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 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%)

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.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket500 m–
GP practice500 m–
Primary school600 m–
Daycare600 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 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)

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%
  • Multi-family dwellings60%
  • Single-family dwellings40%
  • Residents per km²770
  • Average WOZ value€346,000
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
Houtlaan330€702,0003
Park Diepstroeten1,055€464,0008
Vreebergen/Amelterhout450€452,0004
Schildersbuurt1,160€287,00015
Vredeveld Zuid2,245€254,00040

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) 2021, 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.

How we calculate
Living in Sluisdennen (Assen): WOZ, prices & safety