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The population is growing, while it shrinks in Westerwolde. Homes cost more than the average in the municipality of Westerwolde, and registered crime per resident is lower.
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The average WOZ value in Veelerveen is €297,000, 2% higher than in Westerwolde (€292,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 43%, the same as in Westerwolde. 81% of the homes are owner-occupied, 13 percentage points more than in Westerwolde (68%).
The average WOZ value rose 43% between 2021 and 2025, to €297,000.
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 for a typical dwelling here: ~€370 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Westerwolde's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 322nd of 334 gemeenten, cheapest first.
Water board, maintenance and insurance are estimated from national rates and the home's value and size, so they aren't compared.
Source: Municipal levies + CBS 2026
Veelerveen has the lowest WOZ value of the 4 buurten in Oost.
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)
Here: €297,000 average WOZ value.
| Value | Dwellings | Aged 65+ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veelerveen | 297,000 | 267 | – |
| Rhederbrug-Oost | 367,000 | 64 | – |
| Verspr.h. ten noordoosten van Rhederbrug | 447,000 | 47 | – |
| Verspreide huizen Veelerveen | 400,000 | 73 | – |
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)
The largest category is owner-occupied, at 81% of dwellings.
CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
99% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.
CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
43% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 30% in the municipality of Westerwolde.
Based on 270 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
In 2025, 32 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Veelerveen, 20% lower than in Westerwolde (40). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 23%, against a rise of 2% in Westerwolde. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
In 2025, Veelerveen registered 32 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 40 in the municipality of Westerwolde.
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
In 2025, Veelerveen registered 32 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 40 in the municipality of Westerwolde.
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
The largest category in Veelerveen is 'Fraud and scams': 10.1 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 4.0 in the municipality of Westerwolde.
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 2023-2025: 2.5 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 3.0 in the municipality of Westerwolde.
Averaged over 3 years (2023-2025) to dampen year-to-year noise at low counts.
Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025
An estimated 69% of adults in Veelerveen rate their own health as good, 1 percentage point more than in Westerwolde. More adults feel lonely (51% against 48%), more drink excessively (8% against 7%) and more are overweight (63% against 62%), but fewer report anxiety or depression (41% against 42%). Agricultural land is the largest land use in Veelerveen, covering 85% of the area, against 84% in Westerwolde. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 6% of the area, 2 percentage points below the 8% in Westerwolde.
An estimated 69% of adults rate their own health as good, against 68% in the municipality of Westerwolde (2024).
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
6% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 8% in the municipality of Westerwolde.
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
A primary school lies here at an average road distance of 2400 m.
| Distance | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Large supermarket | 4,500 m | – |
| GP practice | 3,900 m | – |
| Primary school | 2,400 m | – |
| Daycare | 3,300 m | – |
| Large supermarkets | – | 0 |
| GP practices | – | 0 |
| Daycares | – | 0 |
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
Veelerveen has 610 inhabitants (2026), or 144 per km² (57% higher than in Westerwolde). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 6%, against a fall of 4% in Westerwolde. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Westerwolde was 78%, in line with the national figure. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 27% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.
The population grew 6% between 2021 and 2026, to 610.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
With 144 residents per km², this buurt is 57% more densely populated than the municipality of Westerwolde.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
In 2025, 8.4 children were born per 1,000 residents; 8.4 died per 1,000.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
32% of residents are between 45 and 65.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
44% of residents are never married.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
89% of residents have Dutch origin.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
48% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
These figures are for the whole municipality of Westerwolde; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 78% of eligible voters in Westerwolde voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 27% of the valid votes.
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
Veelerveen has an average of 1.5 cars per household, 7% higher than in Westerwolde (1.4). 20% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 3 percentage points less than in Westerwolde (23%).
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij is the largest sector, with 15 establishments.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
20% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 23% in the municipality of Westerwolde (2025).
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
The share of passenger cars not running on petrol went from 20% to 20% between 2021 and 2025.
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
In 2025, 405 passenger cars and 50 motorcycles were registered here.
At this level CBS publishes only passenger cars and motorcycles, no vans or trucks.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
96% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (4%).
Based on 281 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
1% multi-family dwellings, against 37% nationally.
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
| Verspr.h. ten noordoosten van Rhederbrug | 105 | €447,000 |
| Verspreide huizen Veelerveen | 175 | €400,000 |
| Rhederbrug-Oost | 150 | €367,000 |