Neighbourhood Diever

Neighbourhood in district Diever · municipality Westerveld · Drenthe

  • 1.076 homes
  • 2.365 inhabitants
  • avg. year of construction 1976
  • avg. WOZ € 361.000

Boundary according to the CBS district and neighbourhood map 2024. Zoom in for individual homes; click a home for details. Open in the properties map

Homes in Diever

Homes
1.076
addresses with residential function (BAG)
Average build year
1976
Average living area
147 m²
Housing stock (CBS)
1.103
2025

Home type

  • Detached 40% 429
  • Semi-detached house 20% 212
  • Mid-terrace house 16% 176
  • End-terrace house 15% 166
  • Apartment 9% 93

Energy label

  • A or better 35% 381
  • B 19% 208
  • C 21% 227
  • D 7% 71
  • E 1% 14
  • F 6% 68
  • G 7% 75
  • No label 3% 32

Building period

  • Built before 1945 12% 126
  • 1945–1969 17% 183
  • 1970–1989 30% 325
  • 1990–2009 28% 304
  • 2010 and later 13% 137
  • Unknown 0% 1

Residents

Residents
2.365
January 1, 2025
Households
1.070
avg. 2,1 people
One-person households
33%
Households with children
28%
Population density
1.439
inhabitants per km²
Area
1,6 km²

Age distribution

  • 0–15 years 13% 310
  • 15–25 years 8% 190
  • 25–45 years 16% 385
  • 45–65 years 27% 650
  • 65 years and older 35% 830

Housing and value

Average WOZ value
€ 361.000
CBS 2024
Owner-occupied homes
70%
Rental homes
30%
25% housing association
Single-family homes
91%
9% multi-family
Built in the last 10 years
10%
Unoccupied properties
4%
New build in the year
4
delivered homes

The WOZ value is the average of all homes in the area (valuation date January 1 of the previous year), not the market value of a specific property.

Energy

Avg. electricity consumption
2.730 kWh
per dwelling per year
Avg. feed-in
1.520 kWh
solar power per home
Avg. gas consumption
960 m³
per dwelling per year
Homes with solar panels
67%
Gas-free
7%
Mainly electrically heated
14%
Heating (WarmteAtlas)
96% central heating, 2% electric
2022
Geothermal potential
Ongunstig
Slochteren formation

Consumption is the average of all homes with a connection in the area (CBS); the label distribution is shown under "Woningen".

Amenities and accessibility

Large supermarket
700 m
avg. distance
General practice
1,0 km
avg. distance
Primary school
600 m
avg. distance
Daycare
600 m
avg. distance
Schools within 3 km
2
Urbanity
Non-urban
304 addresses per km²
Cars per household
1,2
1.273 passenger cars
Company locations
285
of which 55 retail and hospitality

Road distances, averaged for all residents of the area (CBS).

Living environment: noise, water, air, light and green

Average noise level (Lden)
44 dB
municipality 46 dB
Homes with road traffic above 55 dB
4%
municipality 9%
Homes with rail traffic above 55 dB
0%
Homes with air traffic above 48 dB
0%
municipality 0%
Homes with wind turbine noise above 40 dB
0%
's nachts wegverkeer boven 50 dB
0%
municipality 3%

Noise level of the 1.076 homes

  • up to 45 dB: very quiet 72% 770
  • 46–50 dB: quiet 18% 195
  • 51–55 dB: moderately 8% 88
  • 56–60 dB: busy 2% 23

Flooding

Homes that may flood
0%
municipality 0%
Of which more than 0.5 m water
0%
Of which more than 2 m water
0%
Maximum water depth
none

Air, light and green

NO₂
5,6 µg/m³
0% above WHO advice (10)
PM2,5
6,4 µg/m³
100% above WHO recommendation (5)
PM10
11,9 µg/m³
0% above WHO advice (15)
Night lighting
Dark
municipality: dark
Green within 500 m
68%
municipality 76%

Noise: RIVM noise maps (road and rail 2020, aviation 2022, wind turbines 2024), annual average Lden per 10 m, sampled at each address. Flooding: LIWO (Rijkswaterstaat), map of maximum water depth; depth says nothing about probability. Air: RIVM annual average concentrations at 25 m. Light: RIVM light emission map 2023. Green: RIVM green map 2022, share of green within 500 m. Turn the noise map on in the map above.

Climate and safety

Apparent temperature on a hot day
42 °C
extreme heat stress
Homes with extreme heat stress (41 °C or higher)
87%
municipality 86%
Urban heat island effect
0,2–0,4 °C
on average warmer than the surrounding area
Homes with a cool spot within 300 m
100%
municipality 98%
Dry floor at the most severe flood
100%
Homes with increased risk of groundwater nuisance in 2050
93%
municipality 77%
Homes with a stormwater channel alongside the house
6%
municipality 5%
Homes in the magnetic field zone of a high-voltage line
0%
municipality 0%
Homes within 1 km of a wind turbine
0%
municipality 3%

Climate Impact Atlas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): perceived temperature and heat island 2022, cool spots, location-specific flood probability (at least 20 cm water), dry floors, risk of groundwater nuisance 2050 (high scenario), flow paths at 70 mm precipitation per hour; sampled per dwelling. High-voltage lines: RIVM Netkaart with calculation distances. Wind turbines: RIVM. Turn on the heat map on the map above.

Safety

Crimes per 1,000 inhabitants
10
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Registered crimes
23
-38% vs. the previous year
Residential burglaries per 1,000 homes
1,9
2 burglaries
Municipality
17
per 1,000 inhabitants
Netherlands
45
per 1,000 inhabitants

Types of crimes (last 12 months)

  • Vernieling 26% 6
  • Woninginbraak 9% 2
  • Diefstal uit auto 4% 1
  • Mishandeling 4% 1

Per year

  1. 432021
  2. 372022
  3. 312023
  4. 372024
  5. 342025

Source: police, registered crimes per area (CBS/police open data, monthly figures). Per 1,000 inhabitants based on the area's population; not every crime is reported.

Liveability

Excellent Liveability meter 2024

very insufficientexcellent

Liveability
Excellent
class 9 of 9, measurement 2024
Score
4,27
+0,17 vs. the national average
Since the previous measurement
+0,02
measurement 2022: Very good
Municipality
Very good
score 4,24

Five dimensions, deviation from the national average

  • Physical environment green, water, buildings, noise +0,07 more than sufficient
  • Housing stock type, construction year, ownership +0,06 more than sufficient
  • Amenities shops, schools, healthcare, public transport −0,14 insufficient
  • Social cohesion population composition, relocations +0,07 more than sufficient
  • Nuisance and insecurity crime and nuisance +0,12 good

Source: Leefbaarometer 3.0 (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, CC0), biennial estimate based on over a hundred characteristics; the score expresses how residents rate livability on average. Negative = below the national average.

Soil and foundation

Soil subsidence (total)
−1,4 mm per year
municipality −1,9 mm
Soil subsidence (shallow)
−0,3 mm per year
peat and clay that subside
Expected decrease until 2050
0 cm
high scenario
Homes at risk of pile rot
1,0%
laag, municipality 0,5%
Pile rot in 2050
1,0%
high scenario, drier summers
Difference projection in 2050
0,7%
houses on pile with risk

Source: Klimaateffectatlas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): subsidence from satellite measurements (Bodemdalingskaart), foundation risk per neighbourhood (Deltares/KCAF, share of homes with wooden piles or on slab at risk). A neighbourhood average, not a statement about a single property.

Income and work

Median household wealth
€ 248.100
Net labour participation
66%
from 15 to 75 years
Self-employed
20%
of the working population
Top 20% incomes
15,3%
share of people (nationally 20%)