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Living in Kortehemmen

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

355 residents, 69 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS

01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost more than the Smallingerland average.

The average WOZ value in Kortehemmen is €592,000, 2.0 times as high as in Smallingerland (€291,000). Between 2024 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 14%, against a rise of 2% in Smallingerland. 90% of the homes are owner-occupied, 30 percentage points more than in Smallingerland (60%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €592,000
    2.0 times as high as Smallingerland (€291,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2024
    +14%
    higher than Smallingerland (+2%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    90%
    30 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (60%)
  • Social housing
    0%
    30 percentage points lower than Smallingerland (30%)
  • Private rent
    10%
    about the same as Smallingerland (10%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    94%
    16 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (78%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    7%
    16 percentage points lower than Smallingerland (23%)
  • Built 1992–2005
    4%
    12 percentage points lower than Smallingerland (16%)
  • Built 1975–1991
    12%
    12 percentage points lower than Smallingerland (24%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 14% between 2024 and 2025, to €592,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€592,0002.0 times as high as Smallingerland
  • +14% since 2024
  • Smallingerland +2%
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: ~€462 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€462/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 223 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €592,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€158NL median
  • Property tax (OZB)€53€52
  • Water board levy€48–
  • Sewage levy€33€22
  • Waste levy€24€27
Costs to set aside€304
  • Maintenance reserve€284–
  • Buildings insurance€20–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Smallingerland's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 243rd 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 223 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €592,000.
  • Levies: Smallingerland'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

Kortehemmen has the 4th-lowest WOZ value of the 8 buurten in Buitengebied West.

Netherlands€398,000
Smallingerland€291,000
Goengahuizen€648,000
Smalle Ee€640,000
Kortehemmen€592,000

De Wilgen€528,000
De Veenhoop€488,000
Boornbergum€378,000
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: €592,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Kortehemmen592,00069–
Buitengebied west626,00088–
De Wilgen528,000104–
De Wilgen, Sanding787,000173–
Boornbergum378,000751–
Smalle Ee640,00022–
Goengahuizen648,00026–
De Veenhoop488,000102–
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 90% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied90%
  • Private rent10%
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

94% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes94%
  • Multi-family homes6%
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 before 1945, against 9% in the municipality of Smallingerland.

  • Before 194545.2%
  • 1945-196423.3%
  • 1965-19746.8%
  • 1975-199112.3%
  • 1992-20054.1%
  • 2006-20156.8%
  • 2016 and later1.4%
Explanation

Based on 73 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 Smallingerland average.

In 2025, 46 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Kortehemmen, 24% higher than in Smallingerland (37). Since 2024 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 13%, against a fall of 6% in Smallingerland. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    46
    24% higher than Smallingerland (37)
  • Change since 2024
    -13%
    lower than Smallingerland (-6%)
  • Home burglary
    0
    2023–2025

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Kortehemmen registered 46 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 37 in the municipality of Smallingerland.

Kortehemmen46
The municipality of Smallingerland37
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, Kortehemmen registered 46 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 37 in the municipality of Smallingerland.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
4624% above Smallingerland
  • -13% since 2024
  • Smallingerland -6%
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 Kortehemmen is 'Violence and threats': 17.1 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 5.3 in the municipality of Smallingerland.

KortehemmenSmallingerland
  • Violence and threats17.1
  • Traffic17.1
  • Fraud and scams5.7
  • Other and withheld5.7
  • Theft and burglary0.0
  • Vandalism and public order0.0
  • Environmental0.0
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 2024, police in Kortehemmen registered 5 traffic accidents, of which 2 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

Residents rate their health above the Smallingerland average.

An estimated 81% of adults in Kortehemmen rate their own health as good, 9 percentage points more than in Smallingerland. Fewer adults are overweight (43% against 54%), fewer feel lonely (37% against 46%) and fewer report anxiety or depression (35% against 42%), but more meet the physical activity guideline (55% against 49%).

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    81%
    9 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (72%)
  • More figures
  • Overweight
    43%
    11 percentage points lower than Smallingerland (54%)
  • Lonely
    37%
    9 percentage points lower than Smallingerland (46%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    35%
    7 percentage points lower than Smallingerland (42%)
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    55%
    6 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (49%)

Health

An estimated 81% of adults rate their own health as good, against 72% in the municipality of Smallingerland (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Smallingerland
Good self-rated health
80.9%
72.3%
Smokes
14.7%
17.2%
Excessive drinking
6.7%
5.8%
Overweight
43.3%
53.8%
Lonely
37.1%
45.9%
Anxiety or depression feelings
35.2%
41.9%
Meets physical activity guideline
55%
48.9%
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

Distance to amenities

A daycare lies here at an average road distance of 1700 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket2,200 m–
GP practice1,800 m–
Primary school1,900 m–
Daycare1,700 m–
Large supermarkets–0
GP practices–0.1
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 Smallingerland average.

Kortehemmen has 355 inhabitants (2026), or 147 per km² (70% lower than in Smallingerland). Between 2024 and 2026 the population rose 87%, against a rise of 1% in Smallingerland. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Smallingerland 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: 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 2024
    +87%
    higher than Smallingerland (+1%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Smallingerland
    79%
    1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +0%
    about the same as Smallingerland (+0%)
  • Aged 25 to 45
    25%
    2 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (23%)
  • Never married
    62%
    14 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (48%)
  • European origin (not Dutch)
    51%
    46 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (5%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    100%
    54 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (46%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    18%
    1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population grew 87% between 2024 and 2026, to 355.

Residents, 2026
355
  • +87% since 2024
  • Smallingerland +1%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 147 residents per km², this buurt is 70% less densely populated than the municipality of Smallingerland.

Residents per km²147
Dwellings per km²28.6

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 28.6 children were born per 1,000 residents; almost no one died.

2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

25% of residents are between 25 and 45.

  • 0 to 1560
  • 15 to 2575
  • 25 to 4590
  • 45 to 6580
  • 65 to 8035
  • 80 and over15

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

62% of residents are never married.

  • Never married220
  • Married115
  • Divorced10
  • Widowed10

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

51% of residents have European origin (outside the Netherlands).

  • Netherlands160
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)180
  • Outside Europe10

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

100% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-460

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Smallingerland; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 79% of eligible voters in Smallingerland voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 18% of the valid votes.

Municipality of SmallingerlandThe Netherlands
D66
13%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
18.4%
16.7%
VVD
10.4%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
12.3%
12.8%
CDA
15.9%
11.8%
JA21
4.7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
6.5%
4.5%
BBB
2.9%
2.6%
Other
15.8%
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

Kortehemmen has an average of 1.5 cars per household, 7% higher than in Smallingerland (1.4). 32% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 1 percentage point more than in Smallingerland (31%).

Key figures
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    0%
    16 percentage points lower than Smallingerland (16%)
  • Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
    17%
    14 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (3%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    33%
    11 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (22%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.5
    7% higher than Smallingerland (1.4)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    33%
    2 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (31%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2024
    +1 pp
    about the same as Smallingerland (+1 pp)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    11%
    7 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (4%)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    88%
    2 percentage points higher than Smallingerland (86%)
  • Healthcare, share of addresses
    1%
    2 percentage points lower than Smallingerland (3%)
  • Residents per km²
    147
    73% lower than the Netherlands (539)
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    90%
    33 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    94%
    31 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 10 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij5
Nijverheid en energie0
Handel en horeca5
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie0
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening10
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 31% in the municipality of Smallingerland (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 32% to 33% between 2024 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
33%2 percentage points above Smallingerland (31%)
  • +1 pp since 2024
  • Smallingerland +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, 125 passenger cars and 15 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars125
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

88% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (11%).

  • Residential88%
  • Retail1.2%
  • Assembly2.4%
  • Healthcare1.2%
  • Industrial10.8%
  • Other3.6%
Explanation

Based on 83 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

6% multi-family dwellings, against 37% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Multi-family dwellings6%
  • Residents per km²147
  • Owner-occupied dwellings90%
  • Single-family dwellings94%
  • Average WOZ value€592,000
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 Smallingerland

Other neighbourhoods in Smallingerland
De Wilgen, Sanding375€787,0000
Goengahuizen45€648,000–
Smalle Ee50€640,000–
Buitengebied west255€626,00090
De Wilgen280€528,00030

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) 2024, Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025, RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024, Municipal levies + CBS 2026. Figures describe the whole neighbourhood.

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