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Living in Wolvega-De Heidepolle

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Weststellingwerf. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Weststellingwerf, and registered crime per resident is lower.

1,750 residents, 782 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS

01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Weststellingwerf average.

The average WOZ value in Wolvega-De Heidepolle is €264,000, 16% lower than in Weststellingwerf (€315,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 35%, against a rise of 33% in Weststellingwerf. 63% of the homes are owner-occupied, 2 percentage points less than in Weststellingwerf (65%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €264,000
    16% lower than Weststellingwerf (€315,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +35%
    higher than Weststellingwerf (+33%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    63%
    2 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (65%)
  • Social housing
    36%
    10 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (26%)
  • Private rent
    1%
    7 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (8%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    97%
    9 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (88%)
  • Built before 1945
    0%
    24 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (24%)
  • Built 1992–2005
    2%
    11 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (13%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    9%
    7 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (16%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 35% between 2021 and 2025, to €264,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€264,00016% below Weststellingwerf
  • +35% since 2021
  • Weststellingwerf +33%
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: ~€267 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€267/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 118 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €264,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€105NL median
  • Water board levy€39–
  • Waste levy€29€27
  • Property tax (OZB)€19€23
  • Sewage levy€18€22
Costs to set aside€162
  • Maintenance reserve€151–
  • Buildings insurance€11–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Weststellingwerf's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 74th 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 118 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €264,000.
  • Levies: Weststellingwerf'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

Wolvega-De Heidepolle has the 10th-lowest WOZ value of the 20 buurten in Wolvega.

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: €264,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Wolvega-De Heidepolle264,000782–
Wolvega-Om de Noort393,00021–
Wolvega-Wolvega Noord472,00093–
Wolvega-De Meulepolle243,000538–
Wolvega-Vogelbuurt228,000468–
Wolvega-Stuyvesantbuurt279,000539–
Wolvega-Stationsbuurt290,000165–
Wolvega-De Scheene301,000259–
Wolvega-Tuindorp311,000267–
Wolvega-Schildersbuurt231,000385–
Wolvega-Oranjebuurt215,000513–
Wolvega-De Muziekbuurt241,000335–
Wolvega-Centrum240,000337–
Wolvega-Lindenoord322,000387–
Wolvega-Staatsliedenbuurt183,000411–
Wolvega-Bloemenbuurt350,000168–
Wolvega-De Stedes195,00085–
Wolvega-Vlinderwijk357,000225–
Wolvega-Lindewijk499,000331–
Wolvega-Buitengebied257,00041–
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 63% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied63%
  • Social housing36%
  • Private rent1%
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

97% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes97%
  • Multi-family homes3%
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

86% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 21% in the municipality of Weststellingwerf.

  • Before 19450.1%
  • 1965-19748.6%
  • 1975-199186.4%
  • 1992-20051.7%
  • 2006-20153.1%
  • 2016 and later0.1%
Explanation

Based on 782 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 Weststellingwerf average.

In 2025, 13 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Wolvega-De Heidepolle, 41% lower than in Weststellingwerf (22). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 25%, against a fall of 11% in Weststellingwerf. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    13
    41% lower than Weststellingwerf (22)
  • Change since 2021
    -25%
    lower than Weststellingwerf (-11%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    4.3
    2.0 times as high as Weststellingwerf (2.1)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Wolvega-De Heidepolle registered 13 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 22 in the municipality of Weststellingwerf.

Wolvega-De Heidepolle13
The municipality of Weststellingwerf22
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, Wolvega-De Heidepolle registered 13 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 22 in the municipality of Weststellingwerf.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
1341% below Weststellingwerf
  • -25% since 2021
  • Weststellingwerf -11%
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 Wolvega-De Heidepolle is 'Violence and threats': 5.1 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 3.1 in the municipality of Weststellingwerf.

Wolvega-De HeidepolleWeststellingwerf
  • Violence and threats5.1
  • Theft and burglary1.7
  • Vandalism and public order1.7
  • Fraud and scams1.7
  • Traffic1.7
  • Other and withheld1.1
  • 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

Home burglary

Home burglary 2023-2025: 4.3 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.1 in the municipality of Weststellingwerf.

Wolvega-De Heidepolle4.26
The municipality of Weststellingwerf2.08
Explanation

Averaged over 3 years (2023-2025) to dampen year-to-year noise at low counts.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2024, police in Wolvega-De Heidepolle registered 1 traffic accidents, of which 1 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 below the Weststellingwerf average; green space is above the Weststellingwerf average.

An estimated 72% of adults in Wolvega-De Heidepolle rate their own health as good, 2 percentage points less than in Weststellingwerf. More adults feel lonely (48% against 44%), more are overweight (58% against 55%), more report anxiety or depression (42% against 40%) and more smoke (17% against 16%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Wolvega-De Heidepolle, covering 71% of the area, against 3% in Weststellingwerf. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 16% of the area, 4 percentage points above the 12% in Weststellingwerf.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    72%
    2 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (74%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    16%
    4 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (12%)
  • More figures
  • Lonely
    48%
    4 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (44%)
  • Overweight
    58%
    3 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (55%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    42%
    2 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (40%)
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    46%
    1 percentage point higher than Weststellingwerf (45%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    7%
    71 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (78%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    71%
    68 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (3%)
  • Recreation, share of the area
    16%
    15 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (1%)

Health

An estimated 72% of adults rate their own health as good, against 74% in the municipality of Weststellingwerf (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Weststellingwerf
Good self-rated health
72%
74.2%
Smokes
17.1%
16.3%
Excessive drinking
5.5%
6.1%
Overweight
58%
54.8%
Lonely
47.8%
43.9%
Anxiety or depression feelings
42.2%
40%
Meets physical activity guideline
46.5%
45.2%
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

16% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 12% in the municipality of Weststellingwerf.

  • Traffic2.2%
  • Built-up71.1%
  • Recreation15.6%
  • Agriculture6.7%
  • Water4.4%
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 primary school lies here at an average road distance of 500 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket1,300 m–
GP practice1,500 m–
Primary school500 m–
Daycare500 m–
Large supermarkets–0.3
GP practices–0
Daycares–2
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 Weststellingwerf.

Wolvega-De Heidepolle has 1,750 inhabitants (2026), or 3,965 per km² (32.8 times as high as in Weststellingwerf). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 2%, against a rise of 2% in Weststellingwerf. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Weststellingwerf was 81%, 3 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 21% 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
    -2%
    lower than Weststellingwerf (+2%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Weststellingwerf
    81%
    3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +0%
    lower than Weststellingwerf (+2%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    26%
    1 percentage point lower than Weststellingwerf (27%)
  • Never married
    46%
    2 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (44%)
  • Dutch origin
    85%
    4 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (89%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    51%
    3 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (48%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    21%
    4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population shrank 2% between 2021 and 2026, to 1,750.

Residents, 2026
1,750
  • -2% since 2021
  • Weststellingwerf +2%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 3,965 residents per km², this buurt is 33 times as densely populated as the municipality of Weststellingwerf.

Residents per km²3,965
Dwellings per km²1,777.3

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 5.7 children were born per 1,000 residents; 8.5 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

26% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 15295
  • 15 to 25200
  • 25 to 45395
  • 45 to 65460
  • 65 to 80325
  • 80 and over85

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

46% of residents are never married.

  • Never married795
  • Married725
  • Divorced150
  • Widowed70

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

85% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands1,495
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)55
  • Outside Europe200

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

51% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1370
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-4650
  • Higher professional, university250

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Weststellingwerf; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 81% of eligible voters in Weststellingwerf voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 21% of the valid votes.

Municipality of WeststellingwerfThe Netherlands
D66
11.3%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
21.1%
16.7%
VVD
13.8%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
10.1%
12.8%
CDA
12.2%
11.8%
JA21
6%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
7.8%
4.5%
BBB
8.2%
2.6%
Other
9.5%
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

Wolvega-De Heidepolle has an average of 1.2 cars per household, 8% lower than in Weststellingwerf (1.3). 19% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 8 percentage points less than in Weststellingwerf (27%).

Key figures
  • Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
    0%
    13 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (13%)
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    25%
    7 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (18%)
  • Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
    15%
    5 percentage points higher than Weststellingwerf (10%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.2
    8% lower than Weststellingwerf (1.3)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    19%
    8 percentage points lower than Weststellingwerf (27%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    −2 pp
    lower than Weststellingwerf (−1 pp)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    3%
    34 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Residents per km²
    3,965
    7.4 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
  • Single-family dwellings
    97%
    34 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)

Business establishments by sector

Nijverheid en energie is the largest sector, with 25 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie25
Handel en horeca15
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie10
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening20
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg15
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten15

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

19% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 27% in the municipality of Weststellingwerf (2025).

  • Petrol80.8%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)19.2%
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 22% to 19% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
19%8 percentage points below Weststellingwerf (27%)
  • -3 pp since 2021
  • Weststellingwerf -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, 910 passenger cars and 80 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars910
Motorcycles80
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.

  • Residential97.6%
  • Other2.4%
Explanation

Based on 801 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

1% private rent, against 14% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Private rent1%
  • Multi-family dwellings3%
  • Residents per km²3,965
  • Single-family dwellings97%
  • Average WOZ value€264,000
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 Weststellingwerf

Other neighbourhoods in Weststellingwerf
Wolvega-Lindewijk1,120€499,00013
Wolvega-Wolvega Noord200€472,00073
Wolvega-Om de Noort55€393,000–
Wolvega-Vlinderwijk655€357,00013
Wolvega-Bloemenbuurt380€350,00026

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, CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022, Municipal levies + CBS 2026. Figures describe the whole neighbourhood.

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Living in Wolvega-De Heidepolle (Weststellingwerf): WOZ, prices & safety