The average WOZ value in Nijeveense Bovenboer is €513,000, 65% higher than in Meppel (€310,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 32%, against a rise of 37% in Meppel. 84% of the homes are owner-occupied, 26 percentage points more than in Meppel (58%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€513,000
▲65% higher than Meppel (€310,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+32%
▼lower than Meppel (+37%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
84%
▲26 percentage points higher than Meppel (58%)
Social housing
0%
▼31 percentage points lower than Meppel (31%)
Private rent
16%
▲5 percentage points higher than Meppel (11%)
Single-family dwellings
86%
▲13 percentage points higher than Meppel (73%)
Built 1975–1991
6%
▼13 percentage points lower than Meppel (19%)
Built 2006–2015
2%
▼8 percentage points lower than Meppel (10%)
Built 1992–2005
8%
▼8 percentage points lower than Meppel (16%)
Average WOZ value
€513,000
▲65% higher than Meppel (€310,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+32%
▼lower than Meppel (+37%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
84%
▲26 percentage points higher than Meppel (58%)
Social housing
0%
▼31 percentage points lower than Meppel (31%)
Private rent
16%
▲5 percentage points higher than Meppel (11%)
Single-family dwellings
86%
▲13 percentage points higher than Meppel (73%)
Built 1975–1991
6%
▼13 percentage points lower than Meppel (19%)
Built 2006–2015
2%
▼8 percentage points lower than Meppel (10%)
Built 1992–2005
8%
▼8 percentage points lower than Meppel (16%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 32% between 2021 and 2025, to €513,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€513,000▲ 65% above Meppel
+32% since 2021
Meppel +37%
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: ~€445 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€445/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
228 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €513,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€133NL median
Property tax (OZB)€50€45
Water board levy€46–
Waste levy€20€27
Sewage levy€17€22
Costs to set aside€312
Maintenance reserve€291–
Buildings insurance€21–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Meppel's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 76th 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 228 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €513,000.
Levies: Meppel'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
Nijeveense Bovenboer has the 3rd-highest WOZ value of the 10 buurten in Nijeveen.
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: €513,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Nijeveense Bovenboer
513,000
49
–
Nijeveen Oost
529,000
55
–
Griftebuurt
311,000
502
–
Vogelbuurt
314,000
406
–
Danninge Erve
442,000
347
–
Spijkerserve
429,000
25
–
Tussenboerslanden
250,000
58
–
Kolderveen
460,000
95
–
Kolderveense Bovenboer
515,000
51
–
Verspreid gebied Nijeveen
511,000
69
–
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 84% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied84%
Private rent16%
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
86% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.
Single-family homes86%
Multi-family homes14%
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
66% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 16% in the municipality of Meppel.
Before 194566%
1945-19644%
1965-19748%
1975-19916%
1992-20058%
2006-20152%
2016 and later6%
Explanation
Based on 50 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
Too few residents for a rate per resident: these are counts.
Nijeveense Bovenboer has too few residents for a reliable rate per 1,000 residents (under 200), so counts are shown instead of a comparison. In 2025, 2 crimes were registered, against 5 in 2021. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Registered crimes, 2025
2
▼down from 5 in 2021
Home burglary
0
2023–2025
Registered crimes, 2025
2
▼down from 5 in 2021
Home burglary
0
2023–2025
Registered crime per year
2 crimes were registered in Nijeveense Bovenboer in 2025 (5 in 2021).
Registered crimes, 2025
2
down from 5 in 2021
Explanation
Too few residents for a reliable per-1,000 figure (threshold 200) — registered crime, not all crime — CBS/Politie 47018NED.
The largest category in Nijeveense Bovenboer is 'Fraud and scams': 1 in 2025.
Fraud and scams1
Traffic1
Theft and burglary0
Vandalism and public order0
Violence and threats0
Environmental0
Other and withheld0
Explanation
Too few residents for a reliable per-1,000 figure (threshold 200). 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 2023, police in Nijeveense Bovenboer registered 1 traffic accidents, of which 1 with injury and none fatal.
2020
2021
2022
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 Meppel average; green space is below the Meppel average.
An estimated 83% of adults in Nijeveense Bovenboer rate their own health as good, 9 percentage points more than in Meppel. Fewer adults feel lonely (36% against 46%), fewer report anxiety or depression (34% against 44%), fewer are overweight (46% against 53%) and fewer smoke (15% against 17%). Agricultural land is the largest land use in Nijeveense Bovenboer, covering 93% of the area, against 69% in Meppel.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
83%
▲9 percentage points higher than Meppel (74%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
0%
▼6 percentage points lower than Meppel (6%)
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Lonely
36%
▼10 percentage points lower than Meppel (46%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
34%
▼10 percentage points lower than Meppel (44%)
Overweight
46%
▼7 percentage points lower than Meppel (53%)
Smokes
15%
▼2 percentage points lower than Meppel (17%)
Agriculture, share of the area
93%
▲24 percentage points higher than Meppel (69%)
Built-up, share of the area
0%
▼17 percentage points lower than Meppel (17%)
Recreation, share of the area
0%
▼3 percentage points lower than Meppel (3%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
83%
▲9 percentage points higher than Meppel (74%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
0%
▼6 percentage points lower than Meppel (6%)
More figures
Lonely
36%
▼10 percentage points lower than Meppel (46%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
34%
▼10 percentage points lower than Meppel (44%)
Overweight
46%
▼7 percentage points lower than Meppel (53%)
Smokes
15%
▼2 percentage points lower than Meppel (17%)
Agriculture, share of the area
93%
▲24 percentage points higher than Meppel (69%)
Built-up, share of the area
0%
▼17 percentage points lower than Meppel (17%)
Recreation, share of the area
0%
▼3 percentage points lower than Meppel (3%)
Health
An estimated 83% of adults rate their own health as good, against 74% in the municipality of Meppel (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Meppel
Good self-rated health
82.8%
74%
Smokes
14.6%
17%
Excessive drinking
7.8%
6%
Overweight
46.4%
53.4%
Lonely
35.7%
45.6%
Anxiety or depression feelings
34.1%
43.5%
Meets physical activity guideline
50.8%
48.8%
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 6% in the municipality of Meppel.
Traffic6.6%
Agriculture93.4%
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 2400 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
2,700 m
–
GP practice
3,200 m
–
Primary school
2,700 m
–
Daycare
2,400 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 Meppel.
Nijeveense Bovenboer has 135 inhabitants (2026), or 183 per km² (72% lower than in Meppel). In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Meppel was 83%, 5 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 had the highest share there: 17% 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
-7%
▼lower than Meppel (+6%)
Turnout, municipality of Meppel
83%
▲5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
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Growth of the dwelling stock
+2%
▼lower than Meppel (+4%)
Aged 45 to 65
39%
▲13 percentage points higher than Meppel (26%)
Never married
48%
=about the same as Meppel (48%)
Dutch origin
93%
▲10 percentage points higher than Meppel (83%)
D66, share of the vote
17%
=about the same as the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
-7%
▼lower than Meppel (+6%)
Turnout, municipality of Meppel
83%
▲5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+2%
▼lower than Meppel (+4%)
Aged 45 to 65
39%
▲13 percentage points higher than Meppel (26%)
Never married
48%
=about the same as Meppel (48%)
Dutch origin
93%
▲10 percentage points higher than Meppel (83%)
D66, share of the vote
17%
=about the same as the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population shrank 7% between 2021 and 2026, to 135.
Residents, 2026
135
-7% since 2021
Meppel +6%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 183 residents per km², this buurt is 72% less densely populated than the municipality of Meppel.
Residents per km²183
Dwellings per km²64.5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, almost no children were born; almost no one died.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
39% of residents are between 45 and 65.
0 to 1515
15 to 2525
25 to 4520
45 to 6555
65 to 8020
80 and over5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
48% of residents are never married.
Never married65
Married55
Divorced10
Widowed5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
93% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands125
Outside Europe10
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Meppel; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 83% of eligible voters in Meppel voted. The largest party was D66 with 17% of the valid votes.
Municipality of MeppelThe Netherlands
D66
16.8%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
15.2%
16.7%
VVD
14.9%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
11.8%
12.8%
CDA
13.1%
11.8%
JA21
6.1%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
5.8%
4.5%
BBB
3.7%
2.6%
Other
12.6%
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
Nijeveense Bovenboer has an average of 1.8 cars per household, 64% higher than in Meppel (1.1). 33% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 7 percentage points more than in Meppel (26%).
Key figures
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
25%
▲23 percentage points higher than Meppel (2%)
Business services, share of businesses
12%
▼12 percentage points lower than Meppel (24%)
Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
12%
▲7 percentage points higher than Meppel (5%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.8
▲64% higher than Meppel (1.1)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
33%
▲7 percentage points higher than Meppel (26%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
0 pp
=about the same as Meppel (+1 pp)
Industrial, share of addresses
20%
▲15 percentage points higher than Meppel (5%)
Residential, share of addresses
93%
▲5 percentage points higher than Meppel (88%)
Lodging, share of addresses
2%
▲2 percentage points higher than Meppel (0%)
Multi-family dwellings
14%
▼23 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
Owner-occupied dwellings
84%
▲27 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
Single-family dwellings
86%
▲23 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
25%
▲23 percentage points higher than Meppel (2%)
Business services, share of businesses
12%
▼12 percentage points lower than Meppel (24%)
Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
12%
▲7 percentage points higher than Meppel (5%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.8
▲64% higher than Meppel (1.1)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
33%
▲7 percentage points higher than Meppel (26%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
0 pp
=about the same as Meppel (+1 pp)
Industrial, share of addresses
20%
▲15 percentage points higher than Meppel (5%)
Residential, share of addresses
93%
▲5 percentage points higher than Meppel (88%)
Lodging, share of addresses
2%
▲2 percentage points higher than Meppel (0%)
Multi-family dwellings
14%
▼23 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
Owner-occupied dwellings
84%
▲27 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
Single-family dwellings
86%
▲23 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)
Business establishments by sector
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij is the largest sector, with 10 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij10
Nijverheid en energie5
Handel en horeca5
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie0
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed5
Zakelijke dienstverlening5
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg5
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
33% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 26% in the municipality of Meppel (2025).
Petrol66.7%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)33.3%
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 33% to 33% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
33%▲ 7 percentage points above Meppel (26%)
+0 pp since 2021
Meppel +1 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, 90 passenger cars and 15 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars90
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
93% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (20%).
Residential92.6%
Industrial20.4%
Lodging1.9%
Other3.7%
Explanation
Based on 54 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
183 residents per km²: 66% less densely populated than the Dutch average.
This areaThe Netherlands
Residents per km²183
NL 539▼ −66% vs NL
Multi-family dwellings14%
NL 37%▼ −62% vs NL
Owner-occupied dwellings84%
NL 57%▲ +47% vs NL
Single-family dwellings86%
NL 63%▲ +37% vs NL
Average WOZ value€513,000
NL €398,000▲ +29% 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) 2026