The population is growing slower than in Harlingen. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Harlingen, and registered crime per resident is lower.
The average WOZ value in Midlum is €260,000, 1% lower than in Harlingen (€263,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 37%, against a rise of 38% in Harlingen. 69% of the homes are owner-occupied, 13 percentage points more than in Harlingen (56%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€260,000
▼1% lower than Harlingen (€263,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+37%
▼lower than Harlingen (+38%)
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Owner-occupied dwellings
69%
▲13 percentage points higher than Harlingen (56%)
Social housing
30%
▼2 percentage points lower than Harlingen (32%)
Private rent
2%
▼10 percentage points lower than Harlingen (12%)
Single-family dwellings
98%
▲22 percentage points higher than Harlingen (76%)
Built before 1945
7%
▼16 percentage points lower than Harlingen (23%)
Built 1945–1964
19%
▲10 percentage points higher than Harlingen (9%)
Built 1992–2005
21%
▲9 percentage points higher than Harlingen (12%)
Average WOZ value
€260,000
▼1% lower than Harlingen (€263,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+37%
▼lower than Harlingen (+38%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
69%
▲13 percentage points higher than Harlingen (56%)
Social housing
30%
▼2 percentage points lower than Harlingen (32%)
Private rent
2%
▼10 percentage points lower than Harlingen (12%)
Single-family dwellings
98%
▲22 percentage points higher than Harlingen (76%)
Built before 1945
7%
▼16 percentage points lower than Harlingen (23%)
Built 1945–1964
19%
▲10 percentage points higher than Harlingen (9%)
Built 1992–2005
21%
▲9 percentage points higher than Harlingen (12%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 37% between 2021 and 2025, to €260,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€260,000▼ 1% below Harlingen
+37% since 2021
Harlingen +38%
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
126 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €260,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€108NL median
Water board levy€39–
Waste levy€26€27
Property tax (OZB)€22€23
Sewage levy€21€22
Costs to set aside€172
Maintenance reserve€161–
Buildings insurance€11–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Harlingen's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 107th 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 126 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €260,000.
Levies: Harlingen'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
Midlum has the lowest WOZ value of the 2 buurten in Midlum.
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: €260,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Midlum
260,000
239
–
Verspreide huizen Midlum
336,000
47
–
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 69% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied69%
Social housing30%
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
98% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.
Single-family homes98%
Multi-family homes2%
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
33% of dwellings were built between 1965 and 1974, against 18% in the municipality of Harlingen.
Before 19457.1%
1945-196418.8%
1965-197432.6%
1975-199115.1%
1992-200521.3%
2006-20150.4%
2016 and later4.6%
Explanation
Based on 239 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 Harlingen average.
In 2025, 27 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Midlum, 4% lower than in Harlingen (28). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 1%, against a rise of 3% in Harlingen. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
27
▼4% lower than Harlingen (28)
Change since 2021
+1%
▼lower than Harlingen (+3%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
1.4
▲27% higher than Harlingen (1.1)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
27
▼4% lower than Harlingen (28)
Change since 2021
+1%
▼lower than Harlingen (+3%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
1.4
▲27% higher than Harlingen (1.1)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Midlum registered 27 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 28 in the municipality of Harlingen.
Midlum27
The municipality of Harlingen28
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 Midlum is 'Fraud and scams': 11.7 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 4.1 in the municipality of Harlingen.
MidlumHarlingen
Fraud and scams11.7
Harlingen 4.1▲ +185% vs Harlingen
Vandalism and public order7.8
Harlingen 3.6▲ +117% vs Harlingen
Violence and threats3.9
Harlingen 2.9▲ +34% vs Harlingen
Theft and burglary1.9
Harlingen 9.0▼ −79% vs Harlingen
Traffic1.9
Harlingen 6.4▼ −70% vs Harlingen
Environmental0.0
Harlingen 0.0
Other and withheld0.0
Harlingen 1.5▼ −100% vs Harlingen
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 2024, police in Midlum registered 1 traffic accidents, of which 0 with injury and none fatal.
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 Harlingen average; green space is about the Harlingen average.
An estimated 73% of adults in Midlum rate their own health as good, 1 percentage point more than in Harlingen. More adults are overweight (60% against 56%) and more feel lonely (47% against 45%), but fewer smoke (17% against 18%) and fewer drink excessively (5% against 6%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Midlum, covering 77% of the area, against 1% in Harlingen.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
73%
▲1 percentage point higher than Harlingen (72%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
0%
=about the same as Harlingen (0%)
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Overweight
60%
▲4 percentage points higher than Harlingen (56%)
Lonely
47%
▲2 percentage points higher than Harlingen (45%)
Smokes
17%
▼1 percentage point lower than Harlingen (18%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
39%
▼1 percentage point lower than Harlingen (40%)
Water, share of the area
0%
▼94 percentage points lower than Harlingen (94%)
Built-up, share of the area
77%
▲76 percentage points higher than Harlingen (1%)
Agriculture, share of the area
18%
▲14 percentage points higher than Harlingen (4%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
73%
▲1 percentage point higher than Harlingen (72%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
0%
=about the same as Harlingen (0%)
More figures
Overweight
60%
▲4 percentage points higher than Harlingen (56%)
Lonely
47%
▲2 percentage points higher than Harlingen (45%)
Smokes
17%
▼1 percentage point lower than Harlingen (18%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
39%
▼1 percentage point lower than Harlingen (40%)
Water, share of the area
0%
▼94 percentage points lower than Harlingen (94%)
Built-up, share of the area
77%
▲76 percentage points higher than Harlingen (1%)
Agriculture, share of the area
18%
▲14 percentage points higher than Harlingen (4%)
Health
An estimated 73% of adults rate their own health as good, against 72% in the municipality of Harlingen (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Harlingen
Good self-rated health
72.8%
72.3%
Smokes
16.7%
17.8%
Excessive drinking
5.4%
5.6%
Overweight
59.8%
56%
Lonely
46.7%
45.3%
Anxiety or depression feelings
39.1%
39.9%
Meets physical activity guideline
50%
50.1%
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 0.3% in the municipality of Harlingen.
Traffic4.5%
Built-up77.3%
Agriculture18.2%
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 primary school lies here at an average road distance of 200 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
2,100 m
–
GP practice
2,900 m
–
Primary school
200 m
–
Daycare
200 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
0
GP practices
–
0
Daycares
–
1
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 growing slower than the Harlingen average.
Midlum has 520 inhabitants (2026), or 2,320 per km² (3.6 times as high as in Harlingen). Between 2021 and 2026 the population stayed about level, against a rise of 3% in Harlingen. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Harlingen was 79%, 1 percentage point above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) 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 2021
+0%
▼lower than Harlingen (+3%)
Turnout, municipality of Harlingen
79%
▲1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+5%
▲higher than Harlingen (+3%)
Aged 45 to 65
30%
▲3 percentage points higher than Harlingen (27%)
Never married
46%
▲1 percentage point higher than Harlingen (45%)
Dutch origin
88%
▲4 percentage points higher than Harlingen (84%)
Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
56%
▲9 percentage points higher than Harlingen (47%)
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
19%
▲2 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
+0%
▼lower than Harlingen (+3%)
Turnout, municipality of Harlingen
79%
▲1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+5%
▲higher than Harlingen (+3%)
Aged 45 to 65
30%
▲3 percentage points higher than Harlingen (27%)
Never married
46%
▲1 percentage point higher than Harlingen (45%)
Dutch origin
88%
▲4 percentage points higher than Harlingen (84%)
Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
56%
▲9 percentage points higher than Harlingen (47%)
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
19%
▲2 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population held steady between 2021 and 2026, at 520.
Residents, 2026
520
+0% since 2021
Harlingen +3%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 2,320 residents per km², this buurt is 3.6 times as densely populated as the municipality of Harlingen.
Residents per km²2,320
Dwellings per km²1,039.1
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 9.7 children were born per 1,000 residents; almost no one died.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
30% of residents are between 45 and 65.
0 to 1580
15 to 2550
25 to 45130
45 to 65155
65 to 8080
80 and over30
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
46% of residents are never married.
Never married240
Married215
Divorced45
Widowed25
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
88% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands460
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)35
Outside Europe30
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Education level of residents aged 15 to 75
56% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.
Primary, vmbo, mbo190
Havo, vwo, mbo2-4220
Higher professional, university80
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Harlingen; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 79% of eligible voters in Harlingen voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 19% of the valid votes.
Municipality of HarlingenThe Netherlands
D66
13.6%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
19.3%
16.7%
VVD
14.7%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
13%
12.8%
CDA
12%
11.8%
JA21
5.7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
6.7%
4.5%
BBB
3.2%
2.6%
Other
11.8%
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
Midlum has an average of 1.1 cars per household, 10% higher than in Harlingen (1.0). 29% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 3 percentage points more than in Harlingen (26%).
Key figures
Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
18%
▲8 percentage points higher than Harlingen (10%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
18%
▲4 percentage points higher than Harlingen (14%)
Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
0%
▼4 percentage points lower than Harlingen (4%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.1
▲10% higher than Harlingen (1.0)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
30%
▲4 percentage points higher than Harlingen (26%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+6 pp
▲higher than Harlingen (+2 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
98%
▲15 percentage points higher than Harlingen (83%)
Industrial, share of addresses
1%
▼9 percentage points lower than Harlingen (10%)
Retail, share of addresses
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Harlingen (2%)
Private rent
2%
▼12 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Residents per km²
2,320
▲4.3 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
Single-family dwellings
98%
▲35 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)
Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
18%
▲8 percentage points higher than Harlingen (10%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
18%
▲4 percentage points higher than Harlingen (14%)
Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
0%
▼4 percentage points lower than Harlingen (4%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.1
▲10% higher than Harlingen (1.0)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
30%
▲4 percentage points higher than Harlingen (26%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+6 pp
▲higher than Harlingen (+2 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
98%
▲15 percentage points higher than Harlingen (83%)
Industrial, share of addresses
1%
▼9 percentage points lower than Harlingen (10%)
Retail, share of addresses
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Harlingen (2%)
Private rent
2%
▼12 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Residents per km²
2,320
▲4.3 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
Single-family dwellings
98%
▲35 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)
Business establishments by sector
Nijverheid en energie is the largest sector, with 10 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie10
Handel en horeca10
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie10
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening10
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg10
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten5
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 26% in the municipality of Harlingen (2025).
Petrol70.4%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)29.6%
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 24% to 30% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
30%▲ 4 percentage points above Harlingen (26%)
+6 pp since 2021
Harlingen +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, 275 passenger cars and 40 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars275
Motorcycles40
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 industrial (1%).
Residential97.6%
Retail0.4%
Assembly0.8%
Industrial1.2%
Education0.4%
Other0.4%
Explanation
Based on 245 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% multi-family dwellings, against 37% nationally.
This areaThe Netherlands
Multi-family dwellings2%
NL 37%▼ −95% vs NL
Private rent2%
NL 14%▼ −86% vs NL
Residents per km²2,320
NL 539▲ +330% vs NL
Single-family dwellings98%
NL 63%▲ +56% vs NL
Average WOZ value€260,000
NL €398,000▼ −35% 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