Living in Dokkum

Dokkum registered an unemployment rate of 3.4% at the end of 2024. Dokkum recorded annual PM2.5 of 6 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0725 sources

Population13,040people1 Jan 2026Official source · Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2026

Average gross salary3,812EUR/month31 Dec 2022Regional figureOfficial source · Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)

Average rent478EUR/month31 Dec 2024Municipality figureOfficial source · Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED)

Unemployment rate3.4%31 Dec 2024Municipality figureOfficial source · CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality

Recorded crime2,240incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Municipality figureOfficial source · Geregistreerde criminaliteit; soort misdrijf, regio (CBS StatLine table 83648NED)

PM2.5, annual mean6µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Higher unemployment than 71% of Dutch cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 87% of Dutch cities that publish it and cleaner air than any other Dutch city that publishes it.

Which Netherlands-wide rules apply when you move to Dokkum?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in NetherlandsNational rates and thresholds that apply in Dokkum.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Dokkum. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€25

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	42.5 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KPN 100 Mbps home internet⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	25 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KPN 20GB mobile plan⁸Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	478 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED)¹⁶Official · parent municipality

Is Dokkum a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on legal route · range 37–67%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–73%

Student60%strong on education, weak on work · range 48–72%

Family60%strong on family, weak on cost · range 49–71%

Retirement54%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 39–69%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Dokkum?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (2024). Source: CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality¹

Unemployment across cities in NetherlandsUnemployment in Dokkum is 3.4%. Of 337 cities with data, 146 have unemployment of 3 to under 3.5%.

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2–2.52.5–33–3.53.5–44–4.54.5–55–5.5

Dokkum 3.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,812 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)⁹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.4 %	31 Dec 2024	CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality¹Official · parent municipality

What does a salary buy in Dokkum?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€2,500of €3,045 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€3,045
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED) · 2024-12-31	− €478
Internet€43 · official · KPN 100 Mbps home internet · 2026-09-30	− €43
Mobile plan€25 · official · KPN 20GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €25
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€2,500

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Dokkum Salary needed to live in Dokkum

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Dokkum. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

UWV public employment service — Public employment service

Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen (UWV)

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Dokkum. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	8 count	3 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)²Official
Schools	15 count	3 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)²Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: extra Dutch-language reception support for recently-arrived immigrant pupils (NT2 reception funding). How to enrol a child (rijksoverheid.nl).

A country-wide rule for Netherlands; Dokkum's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Safety

How safe is Dokkum?

Police recorded 2,240 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Geregistreerde criminaliteit; soort misdrijf, regio (CBS StatLine table 83648NED)⁴

Recorded crime across major citiesDokkum highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Amsterdam8,970

Rotterdam8,200

Eindhoven7,990

Arnhem6,970

The Hague6,890

Utrecht6,800

Nijmegen6,280

Groningen6,160

Breda5,870

Tilburg5,560

Almere4,280

Almere Stad4,278

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,240 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Geregistreerde criminaliteit; soort misdrijf, regio (CBS StatLine table 83648NED)⁴Official · parent municipality

Mobility and administration

Dokkum's nearest airport was GRQ, 45 km away and offered 5 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	5 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁴Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	45 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	GRQ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Dokkum. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Blik op Werk integration-provider quality register — Other

Blik op Werk

For integration-course applicants.

DutchIn Person, Online

Open official information

DUO choosing an integration course — State Language Course

Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs (DUO)

For people who must integrate.

DutchIn Person

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Dokkum.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 3.1°C in January to 17.3°C in July. Dokkum's monthly precipitation totalled 68.6 mm in January and 77.7 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Dokkum?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA)³

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.56WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in NetherlandsAnnual PM2.5 in Dokkum is 6.0 µg/m³. Of 50 cities with data, 19 have annual PM2.5 of 9 to under 10 µg/m³.

6–77–88–99–1010–1111–12

Dokkum 6.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)³Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.3 · Feb 5.9 · Mar 9.1 · Apr 13.2 · May 16.5 · Jun 19.1 · Jul 21.4 · Aug 21.6 · Sep 18.5 · Oct 14 · Nov 9.2 · Dec 6.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.5 · Feb 0.3 · Mar 1.9 · Apr 4.2 · May 7.6 · Jun 10.5 · Jul 12.9 · Aug 12.9 · Sep 10.5 · Oct 7.2 · Nov 3.9 · Dec 1.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.1 · Feb 3.2 · Mar 5.5 · Apr 8.8 · May 12.2 · Jun 15 · Jul 17.3 · Aug 17.4 · Sep 14.5 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 6.7 · Dec 3.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 68.6 · Feb 55.5 · Mar 49.1 · Apr 39.1 · May 54.5 · Jun 69.9 · Jul 77.7 · Aug 93.7 · Sep 82.3 · Oct 79.6 · Nov 77.9 · Dec 81.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. Elsewhere: Heide (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Meldorf (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Neustadt in Holstein (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Aurich (Germany) ±0.3 °C, Leer (Ostfriesland) (Germany) ±0.3 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Dokkum?

The published population was 13,040 people in January 2026. Source: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2026⁶

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	13,040 people	1 Jan 2026	Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2026⁶Official

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)²Official

Alternatives for people set on Dokkum

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Damwâld as a Dokkum alternative in the same region

4 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,800 Damwâld vs 2,240 Dokkum−20%
Residents: 5,595 Damwâld vs 13,040 Dokkum−57%
Unemployment: 3.2% Damwâld vs 3.4% Dokkum−6%
Annual PM2.5: 6.0 µg/m³ Damwâld vs 6.0 µg/m³ Dokkumsame level

Full comparison More about Damwâld

Cities near Dokkum

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Netherlands

Other cities in Netherlands to compare with Dokkum, nearest in population first.

All Netherlands cities

Bergen (L.)13,037 residents Made13,115 residents Blaricum12,938 residents Boxmeer12,930 residents Kapelle13,186 residents Dedemsvaart13,225 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Dokkum under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Is Dokkum part of Leeuwarden?

Dokkum is in the published commuting zone of Leeuwarden; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Leeuwarden city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁵

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Dokkum?

The published population was 13,040 people in January 2026. Source: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2026.

Is the air quality good in Dokkum?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA).

How safe is Dokkum?

What is the unemployment rate in Dokkum?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (2024). Source: CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality.

Is Dokkum a good place to live?

Dokkum may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Dokkum part of Leeuwarden?

Dokkum is in the published commuting zone of Leeuwarden; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Dokkum?

Leeuwarden, Noardeast-Fryslân, Damwâld, Dantumadiel, Kollum are near Dokkum. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Dokkum, Netherlands: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 76a58e8e41f7efbfb8a2cc5a65dcbe4d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nl/dokkum/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_dokkum-netherlands-population-rent-salary-jobs-safety_d42907c571c7,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Dokkum, Netherlands: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {76a58e8e41f7efbfb8a2cc5a65dcbe4d},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nl/dokkum/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs) duo.nl · checked 2026-08-03
European Environment Agency (EEA) air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-06
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Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2026 opendata.cbs.nl · checked 2026-09-23
KPN 100 Mbps home internet kpn.com · checked 2026-09-15
KPN 20GB mobile plan kpn.com · checked 2026-09-15
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