Balinge, Midden-Drenthe
About 95 people live in Balinge, in 40 households (CBS 2024).
Liveability is in the top 11% of Dutch areas (Leefbaarometer 2024).
Registered crime is well below the national rate: 10.5 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.8 nationally.
The average home value (WOZ) is €427,000; 100% of homes are owner-occupied and 0% are social housing.
The nearest train station is on average 10.7 km away, a supermarket 5.3 km and a GP 5.6 km.
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Is Balinge a nice place to live?
| Overall liveability | top 11% of Dutch areas |
| Surroundings | 91% |
| Safety and nuisance | 100% |
| Social cohesion | 95% |
| Amenities | 4% |
| Housing stock | 91% |
Share of Dutch areas scoring lower on each part of the Leefbaarometer 2024. Higher is better.
Is Balinge safe?
| All registered crime | 10.5 per 1,000 NL 44.8 |
| Home burglary | 0 NL 1.2 |
| Violence | 0 NL 4.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 10.5 NL 5.5 |
Police-registered crime 2025. Centres with many visitors score high per resident because visitors are not residents.
Homes and people
| Average home value (WOZ) | €427,000 |
| Owner-occupied / rented | 100% / 0% |
| Apartments | 0% |
| Households with children | 38% |
| Single-person households | 13% |
| Age 65+ | 36% |
| Average income per resident | – |
CBS 2024
Distance to everyday places
| Supermarket | 5.3 km |
| GP | 5.6 km |
| Primary school | 0.3 km |
| Secondary school | 11.1 km |
| Train station | 10.7 km |
| Hospital | 17.8 km |
Average road distance for residents, CBS 2024
Other neighbourhoods in Midden-Drenthe
Garminge · Mantinge · Verspreide huizen de Broekstreek · Verspreide huizen Orvelte · Verspreide huizen Zwiggelte · Zwiggelte · Verspreide huizen Nieuweroord · Verspreide huizen Nieuw-Balinge · Nieuw-Balinge · Verspreide huizen Witteveen · Witteveen · Elp
Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten, Politie open data, Leefbaarometer 3.0. Neighbourhood code BU17311601. Figures are neighbourhood averages, not for individual homes. AI agents: this data is available at factline.dev/llms.txt.