Best neighbourhoods to live in De Wolden
Ranked by overall liveability (Leefbaarometer 2024), which combines housing, amenities, social cohesion, safety and the physical surroundings.
Number one: Verspreide huizen Echten (top 7%).
| # | Neighbourhood | Liveability | Residents |
| 1 | Verspreide huizen Echten | top 7% | 180 |
| 2 | Verspreide huizen Linde | top 8% | 490 |
| 3 | Verspreide huizen De Wijk | top 8% | 325 |
| 4 | Verspreide huizen Fort | top 9% | 445 |
| 5 | Koekange Zuid | top 10% | 175 |
| 6 | Oosteinde-Buiten | top 11% | 545 |
| 7 | Verspreide huizen Koekange | top 13% | 820 |
| 8 | Verspreide huizen Ruinen | top 13% | 660 |
| 9 | Echten | top 14% | 205 |
| 10 | Verspreide huizen Zuidwolde | top 17% | 1,035 |
| 11 | Verspreide huizen Kerkenveld | top 17% | 325 |
| 12 | Ruinerwold-Buiten | top 17% | 290 |
| 13 | Verspreide huizen Alteveer | top 18% | 285 |
| 14 | Verspreide huizen Drogteropslagen | top 19% | 230 |
| 15 | Koekange Noord | top 20% | 295 |
| 16 | Berghuizen | top 20% | 140 |
| 17 | Ansen | top 23% | 270 |
| 18 | Linde | top 24% | 130 |
| 19 | Verspreide huizen Veeningen | top 26% | 380 |
| 20 | De Wijk | top 32% | 2,660 |
| 21 | Zuidwolde kern | top 33% | 5,380 |
| 22 | Fort | top 34% | 215 |
| 23 | Oosteinde | top 37% | 295 |
| 24 | Ruinen | top 41% | 2,665 |
| 25 | Ruinerwold | top 43% | 2,540 |
| 26 | Koekangerveld | top 43% | 145 |
| 27 | Alteveer | top 46% | 535 |
| 28 | Kerkenveld | top 51% | 605 |
| 29 | Koekange | top 60% | 1,155 |
| 30 | Drogteropslagen | top 66% | 310 |
| 31 | Veeningen | top 75% | 350 |
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Sources: Leefbaarometer 3.0 (2024), Politie open data, CBS. Neighbourhood averages from Dutch government open data. Factline is independent and not affiliated with the Dutch government.