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The population is growing slower than in the Netherlands. Homes cost less than the Dutch average, and registered crime per resident is lower.
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© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS
© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS
The average WOZ value in Drenthe is €323,000, 19% lower than in the Netherlands (€398,000). Between 2014 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 73%, against a rise of 89% in the Netherlands. 67% of the homes are owner-occupied, 10 percentage points more than in the Netherlands (57%).
The average WOZ value rose 73% between 2014 and 2025, to €323,000.
The WOZ value as struck on 1 January of the year before the KWB edition.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
The largest category is owner-occupied, at 67% of dwellings.
CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
81% 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
The average WOZ value runs from €265,000 in Emmen to €431,000 in Tynaarlo.
Every municipality at the same reference year per measure. The lines mark the province's figure (summed from its municipalities; WOZ and owner-occupation weighted by dwelling count) and the Netherlands'. Growth is missing where a municipality merged or gained territory in those years.
Source: CBS key figures for districts and neighbourhoods; CBS/Police registered crime 2026
In 2025, 29 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Drenthe, 36% lower than in the Netherlands (45). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 12%, against a rise of 5% in the Netherlands. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
In 2025, Drenthe registered 29 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 45 in the Netherlands.
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, Drenthe registered 29 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 45 in the Netherlands.
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 Drenthe is 'Theft and burglary': 10.9 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 19.8 in the Netherlands.
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: 2.3 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.7 in the Netherlands.
Averaged over 3 years (2023-2025) to dampen year-to-year noise at low counts.
Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025
Agricultural land is the largest land use in Drenthe, covering 68% of the area, against 52% in the Netherlands. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 21% of the area, 5 percentage points above the 16% in the Netherlands.
21% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 16% in the Netherlands.
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
Drenthe has 508,109 inhabitants (2026), or 193 per km² (64% lower than in the Netherlands). Between 2014 and 2026 the population rose 4%, against a rise of 8% in the Netherlands.
The population grew 4% between 2014 and 2026, to 508,109.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
With 193 residents per km², this province is 64% less densely populated than the Netherlands.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
In 2025, 8.2 children were born per 1,000 residents; 12.1 died per 1,000.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Drenthe has an average of 1.3 cars per household, 18% higher than in the Netherlands (1.1). 26% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), about the same as in the Netherlands (26%).
Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 12,855 establishments.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
26% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 26% in the Netherlands (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 25% to 26% between 2014 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, 289,470 passenger cars and 29,470 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
193 residents per km²: 64% less densely populated than the Dutch average.
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
| Tynaarlo | 35,116 | €431,000 | 18 |
| Westerveld | 20,035 | €422,000 | 17 |
| De Wolden | 24,819 | €409,000 | 17 |
| Noordenveld | 31,737 | €387,000 | 17 |
| Aa en Hunze | 26,062 | €371,000 | 20 |
| Midden-Drenthe | 34,402 | €351,000 | 20 |
| Borger-Odoorn | 26,162 | €321,000 | 17 |
| Coevorden | 35,729 | €313,000 | 26 |
| Meppel | 36,616 | €310,000 | 32 |
| Assen | 70,769 | €294,000 | 42 |
| Hoogeveen | 56,781 | €286,000 | 37 |
| Emmen | 109,881 | €265,000 | 37 |