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Living in Heivelden

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

3,675 residents, 1,491 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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At a glance

Compared with the municipality of Best · newest year available

Average WOZ value

€566,000

22% higher than the municipality of Best (€464,000)

Prices & homes →

Modelled ownership costs

€368 / month

Typical home, excl. mortgage and energy

Prices & homes →

Crimes per 1,000 residents

62% lower than the municipality of Best (37)

Safety →

Population growth

-3%

2025–2026, against +0% in the municipality of Best

Residents →

Turnout, municipality of Best

82%

4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)

Residents →

Location

01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost more than the Best average.

The average WOZ value in Heivelden is €566,000, 22% higher than in Best (€464,000). 87% of the homes are owner-occupied, 16 percentage points more than in Best (71%).

Key figures

Average WOZ value
€566,000
22% higher than Best (€464,000)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
87%
16 percentage points higher than Best (71%)
Social housing
5%
15 percentage points lower than Best (20%)
Private rent
8%
1 percentage point lower than Best (9%)
Single-family dwellings
78%
2 percentage points lower than Best (80%)
Built 1975–1991
1%
24 percentage points lower than Best (25%)
Built 1945–1964
0%
15 percentage points lower than Best (15%)
Built 1965–1974
0%
14 percentage points lower than Best (14%)

Average WOZ value
€566,000
22% higher than Best (€464,000)

More figures

Owner-occupied dwellings
87%
16 percentage points higher than Best (71%)
Social housing
5%
15 percentage points lower than Best (20%)
Private rent
8%
1 percentage point lower than Best (9%)
Single-family dwellings
78%
2 percentage points lower than Best (80%)

Built 1975–1991
1%
24 percentage points lower than Best (25%)
Built 1945–1964
0%
15 percentage points lower than Best (15%)
Built 1965–1974
0%
14 percentage points lower than Best (14%)

Modelled ownership costs

€368/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

166 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €566,000 · average here

Levies you'll be billed€142NL median

Water board levy€48–
Property tax (OZB)€42€50
Waste levy€34€27
Sewage levy€18€22

Costs to set aside€226

Maintenance reserve€211–
Buildings insurance€15–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Best's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 113th 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 166 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €566,000.
Levies: Best'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

Average WOZ value: €566,000

Netherlands€398,000

Best€464,000

Heivelden€566,000

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)

Dwellings by ownership

The largest category is owner-occupied, at 87% of dwellings.

Owner-occupied87%
Social housing5%
Private rent8%

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

78% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

Single-family homes78%
Multi-family homes22%

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

92% of dwellings were built between 1992 and 2005, against 25% in the municipality of Best.

Before 19450.3%
1945-19640.4%
1965-19740.5%
1975-19910.6%
1992-200591.9%
2006-20154.3%
2016 and later2.1%

Explanation

Based on 1,492 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 Best average.

In 2025, 14 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Heivelden, 62% lower than in Best (37). Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures

Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
14
62% lower than Best (37)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
1.3
32% lower than Best (1.9)

Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
14
62% lower than Best (37)

Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
1.3
32% lower than Best (1.9)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Heivelden registered 14 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 37 in the municipality of Best.

Heivelden14

The municipality of Best37

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

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

1462% below Best

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 Heivelden is 'Theft and burglary': 6.6 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 14.3 in the municipality of Best.

HeiveldenBest

Theft and burglary6.6
Fraud and scams3.7
Traffic1.8
Vandalism and public order1.6
Environmental0.3
Violence and threats0.0
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: 1.3 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 1.9 in the municipality of Best.

Heivelden1.34

The municipality of Best1.86

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 Heivelden registered 2 traffic accidents, of which 0 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

Living environment

Distance to amenities

A large supermarket lies here at an average road distance of 700 m.

	Distance	Value
Large supermarket	700 m	–
GP practice	1,100 m	–
Primary school	800 m	–
Daycare	800 m	–
Large supermarkets	–	0.9
GP practices	–	1.1
Daycares	–	2.8

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 Best.

Heivelden has 3,675 inhabitants (2026), or 3,868 per km² (4.1 times as high as in Best). Between 2025 and 2026 the population fell 3%, against no real change in Best. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Best was 82%, 4 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 had the highest share there: 19% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.

Key figures

Population growth since 2025
-3%
lower than Best (+0%)
Turnout, municipality of Best
82%
4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Aged 45 to 65
36%
9 percentage points higher than Best (27%)
Married
49%
6 percentage points higher than Best (43%)
Dutch origin
84%
7 percentage points higher than Best (77%)
D66, share of the vote
19%
2 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population growth since 2025
-3%
lower than Best (+0%)

Turnout, municipality of Best
82%
4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)

More figures

Aged 45 to 65
36%
9 percentage points higher than Best (27%)
Married
49%
6 percentage points higher than Best (43%)

Dutch origin
84%
7 percentage points higher than Best (77%)
D66, share of the vote
19%
2 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

Residents, 2026

3,675

-3% since 2025
Best +0%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 3,868 residents per km², this buurt is 4.1 times as densely populated as the municipality of Best.

Residents per km²3,868

Dwellings per km²1,569.5

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 4.0 children were born per 1,000 residents; 5.3 died per 1,000.

2025

BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

36% of residents are between 45 and 65.

0 to 15490
15 to 25515
25 to 45620
45 to 651,310
65 to 80575
80 and over165

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

49% of residents are married.

Never married1,500
Married1,790
Divorced240
Widowed145

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

84% of residents have Dutch origin.

Netherlands3,075
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)240
Outside Europe360

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Best; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 82% of eligible voters in Best voted. The largest party was D66 with 19% of the valid votes.

Municipality of BestThe Netherlands

D66

19.5%

16.9%

PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)

17.6%

16.7%

VVD

18.1%

14.2%

GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)

8.1%

12.8%

CDA

14.1%

11.8%

JA21

7.3%

5.9%

Forum voor Democratie

3.6%

4.5%

BBB

2.6%

Other

9.6%

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

Heivelden has an average of 1.4 cars per household, 17% higher than in Best (1.2). 28% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 5 percentage points more than in Best (23%).

Key figures

Business services, share of businesses
39%
14 percentage points higher than Best (25%)
Industry and energy, share of businesses
6%
9 percentage points lower than Best (15%)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
12%
6 percentage points lower than Best (18%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.4
17% higher than Best (1.2)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
28%
5 percentage points higher than Best (23%)
Residential, share of addresses
97%
8 percentage points higher than Best (89%)
Industrial, share of addresses
0%
4 percentage points lower than Best (4%)
Office, share of addresses
0%
2 percentage points lower than Best (2%)
Social housing
5%
23 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (28%)
Private rent
8%
6 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Multi-family dwellings
22%
15 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)

Business services, share of businesses
39%
14 percentage points higher than Best (25%)
Industry and energy, share of businesses
6%
9 percentage points lower than Best (15%)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
12%
6 percentage points lower than Best (18%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.4
17% higher than Best (1.2)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
28%
5 percentage points higher than Best (23%)
Residential, share of addresses
97%
8 percentage points higher than Best (89%)

Industrial, share of addresses
0%
4 percentage points lower than Best (4%)
Office, share of addresses
0%
2 percentage points lower than Best (2%)
Social housing
5%
23 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (28%)
Private rent
8%
6 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Multi-family dwellings
22%
15 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 165 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0

Nijverheid en energie25

Handel en horeca50

Vervoer, informatie en communicatie30

Financiële diensten, onroerend goed25

Zakelijke dienstverlening165

Overheid, onderwijs en zorg90

Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten40

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

28% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 23% in the municipality of Best (2025).

Petrol72.1%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)27.9%

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

Vehicles by kind

In 2025, 2,115 passenger cars and 155 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars2,115

Motorcycles155

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

97% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is retail (0.8%).

Residential97.1%
Retail0.8%
Office0.4%
Assembly0.3%
Healthcare0.1%
Industrial0.1%
Education0.2%
Sports0.1%
Other1%

Explanation

Based on 1,536 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

3,868 residents per km²: 7.2 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands

Residents per km²3,868
Social housing5%
Private rent8%
Multi-family dwellings22%
Owner-occupied dwellings87%

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) 2026