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Living in Zwiggelte

The population is growing faster than in Midden-Drenthe. Homes cost more than the average in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and registered crime per resident is higher.

260 residents, 117 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost more than the Midden-Drenthe average.

The average WOZ value in Zwiggelte is €485,000, 38% higher than in Midden-Drenthe (€351,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 51%, against a rise of 44% in Midden-Drenthe. 86% of the homes are owner-occupied, 15 percentage points more than in Midden-Drenthe (71%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €485,000
    38% higher than Midden-Drenthe (€351,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +51%
    higher than Midden-Drenthe (+44%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    86%
    15 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (71%)
  • Social housing
    8%
    14 percentage points lower than Midden-Drenthe (22%)
  • Private rent
    6%
    1 percentage point lower than Midden-Drenthe (7%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    90%
    2 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (88%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    2%
    14 percentage points lower than Midden-Drenthe (16%)
  • Built 1945–1964
    4%
    9 percentage points lower than Midden-Drenthe (13%)
  • Built 1992–2005
    10%
    7 percentage points lower than Midden-Drenthe (17%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 51% between 2021 and 2025, to €485,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€485,00038% above Midden-Drenthe
  • +51% since 2021
  • Midden-Drenthe +44%
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: ~€448 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€448/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 229 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €485,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€136NL median
  • Property tax (OZB)€47€43
  • Water board levy€45–
  • Sewage levy€25€22
  • Waste levy€19€27
Costs to set aside€312
  • Maintenance reserve€291–
  • Buildings insurance€21–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Midden-Drenthe's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 152nd 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 229 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €485,000.
  • Levies: Midden-Drenthe'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

Zwiggelte has the lowest WOZ value of the 2 buurten in Zwiggelte.

Netherlands€398,000
Midden-Drenthe€351,000
Zwiggelte€488,000
Zwiggelte€485,000
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: €485,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Zwiggelte485,000117–
Verspreide huizen Zwiggelte492,00070–
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 86% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied86%
  • Social housing8%
  • Private rent6%
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

90% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes90%
  • Multi-family homes10%
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

44% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 16% in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe.

  • Before 194544.4%
  • 1945-19644.3%
  • 1965-19741.7%
  • 1975-199122.2%
  • 1992-200510.3%
  • 2006-20155.1%
  • 2016 and later12%
Explanation

Based on 117 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

More registered crime per resident than the Midden-Drenthe average.

In 2025, 22 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Zwiggelte, 10% higher than in Midden-Drenthe (20). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 67%, against a fall of 28% in Midden-Drenthe. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    22
    10% higher than Midden-Drenthe (20)
  • Change since 2021
    +67%
    higher than Midden-Drenthe (-28%)
  • Home burglary
    0
    2023–2025

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Zwiggelte registered 22 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 20 in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe.

Zwiggelte22
The municipality of Midden-Drenthe20
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, Zwiggelte registered 22 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 20 in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
2210% above Midden-Drenthe
  • +67% since 2021
  • Midden-Drenthe -28%
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 Zwiggelte is 'Fraud and scams': 11.1 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 3.3 in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe.

ZwiggelteMidden-Drenthe
  • Fraud and scams11.1
  • Traffic7.4
  • Vandalism and public order3.7
  • Theft and burglary0.0
  • Violence and threats0.0
  • 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

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2022, police in Zwiggelte registered 1 traffic accidents, of which 0 with injury and none fatal.

2022
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) 2022

03 · Living environment

Residents rate their health above the Midden-Drenthe average; green space is above the Midden-Drenthe average.

An estimated 81% of adults in Zwiggelte rate their own health as good, 5 percentage points more than in Midden-Drenthe. Fewer adults report anxiety or depression (32% against 39%), fewer feel lonely (36% against 42%), fewer smoke (11% against 15%) and fewer are overweight (52% against 56%). Agricultural land is the largest land use in Zwiggelte, covering 56% of the area, against 72% in Midden-Drenthe. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 25% of the area, 6 percentage points above the 19% in Midden-Drenthe.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    81%
    5 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (76%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    25%
    6 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (19%)
  • More figures
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    32%
    7 percentage points lower than Midden-Drenthe (39%)
  • Lonely
    36%
    6 percentage points lower than Midden-Drenthe (42%)
  • Smokes
    11%
    4 percentage points lower than Midden-Drenthe (15%)
  • Overweight
    52%
    4 percentage points lower than Midden-Drenthe (56%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    56%
    16 percentage points lower than Midden-Drenthe (72%)
  • Recreation, share of the area
    11%
    9 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (2%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    12%
    8 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (4%)

Health

An estimated 81% of adults rate their own health as good, against 76% in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Midden-Drenthe
Good self-rated health
81.4%
75.7%
Smokes
11.1%
15.2%
Excessive drinking
6.6%
5.8%
Overweight
52.1%
55.7%
Lonely
36.3%
42.1%
Anxiety or depression feelings
32.1%
39.4%
Meets physical activity guideline
47.7%
45.7%
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

25% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 19% in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe.

  • Traffic7%
  • Built-up12.3%
  • Recreation10.5%
  • Agriculture56.1%
  • Forest and nature14%
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 3300 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket3,400 m–
GP practice3,700 m–
Primary school3,300 m–
Daycare3,300 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 growing faster than the Midden-Drenthe average.

Zwiggelte has 260 inhabitants (2026), or 463 per km² (4.6 times as high as in Midden-Drenthe). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 16%, against a rise of 3% in Midden-Drenthe. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe was 85%, 7 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) 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
    +16%
    higher than Midden-Drenthe (+3%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Midden-Drenthe
    85%
    7 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +19%
    higher than Midden-Drenthe (+3%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    33%
    5 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (28%)
  • Married
    49%
    4 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (45%)
  • Dutch origin
    96%
    6 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (90%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    43%
    6 percentage points lower than Midden-Drenthe (49%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    17%
    about the same as the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population grew 16% between 2021 and 2026, to 260.

Residents, 2026
260
  • +16% since 2021
  • Midden-Drenthe +3%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 463 residents per km², this buurt is 4.6 times as densely populated as the municipality of Midden-Drenthe.

Residents per km²463
Dwellings per km²205.3

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

33% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 1530
  • 15 to 2515
  • 25 to 4550
  • 45 to 6590
  • 65 to 8065
  • 80 and over20

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

49% of residents are married.

  • Never married95
  • Married125
  • Divorced25
  • Widowed10

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

96% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands250
  • Outside Europe10

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

43% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo130
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-490
  • Higher professional, university90

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Midden-Drenthe; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 85% of eligible voters in Midden-Drenthe voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 17% of the valid votes.

Municipality of Midden-DrentheThe Netherlands
D66
12.2%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
16.7%
16.7%
VVD
15%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
11.1%
12.8%
CDA
14.2%
11.8%
JA21
5.5%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
6.6%
4.5%
BBB
8.3%
2.6%
Other
10.3%
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

Zwiggelte has an average of 1.8 cars per household, 38% higher than in Midden-Drenthe (1.3). 32% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 4 percentage points more than in Midden-Drenthe (28%).

Key figures
  • Business services, share of businesses
    29%
    8 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (21%)
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    21%
    6 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (15%)
  • Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
    0%
    4 percentage points lower than Midden-Drenthe (4%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.8
    38% higher than Midden-Drenthe (1.3)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    32%
    4 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (28%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +2 pp
    higher than Midden-Drenthe (+1 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    94%
    13 percentage points higher than Midden-Drenthe (81%)
  • Lodging, share of addresses
    3%
    7 percentage points lower than Midden-Drenthe (10%)
  • Education, share of addresses
    1%
    1 percentage point higher than Midden-Drenthe (0%)
  • Social housing
    8%
    20 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (28%)
  • Private rent
    6%
    8 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    86%
    29 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 20 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij10
Nijverheid en energie10
Handel en horeca10
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie0
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening20
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg15
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten5

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

32% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 28% in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe (2025).

  • Petrol68.2%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)31.8%
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 30% to 32% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
32%4 percentage points above Midden-Drenthe (28%)
  • +2 pp since 2021
  • Midden-Drenthe +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, 220 passenger cars and 25 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars220
Motorcycles25
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

94% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (6%).

  • Residential93.6%
  • Assembly0.8%
  • Healthcare0.8%
  • Industrial5.6%
  • Lodging3.2%
  • Education0.8%
  • Other0.8%
Explanation

Based on 125 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

10% multi-family dwellings, against 37% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Multi-family dwellings10%
  • Social housing8%
  • Private rent6%
  • Owner-occupied dwellings86%
  • Single-family dwellings90%
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 Midden-Drenthe

Other neighbourhoods in Midden-Drenthe
Verspreide huizen Zwiggelte200€492,00031

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) 2022, 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.

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Living in Zwiggelte (Midden-Drenthe): WOZ, prices & safety