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Living in Smallingerland

In Smallingerland, tenants pay an average rent of €462 a month (2024) and unemployment is 3.9% (2024).

For Smallingerland, the unemployment rate was 3.9% at the end of 2024. The population of Smallingerland, in the Netherlands, was 57,188 at the start of 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2334 sources

Population57,188people10 Jun 2026Official source · CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Smallingerland (GM0090)
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 rent462EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente
Unemployment rate3.9%country median 3.1% — 26% aboveOfficial source · CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality
Recorded crime3,930offences per 100,000country median 3,090 — 27% aboveOfficial source · CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024

Higher unemployment than 91% of Dutch cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 75% of Dutch cities that publish it.

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

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 Smallingerland.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Smallingerland recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€25
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited42.5 EUR/month30 Sept 2026KPN 100 Mbps home internet12Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB25 EUR/month30 Sept 2026KPN 20GB mobile plan13Official · national market
Housing stock25,768 dwellings31 Dec 2020CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek3Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)462 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente24Official
Rented homes40 pct31 Dec 2020CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek3Official

Is Smallingerland a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–61%
Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–71%
Student61%strong on education, weak on work · range 54–68%
Family55%strong on family, weak on cost · range 47–63%
Retirement51%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 40–62%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Smallingerland?

The unemployment rate is 3.9 % (2024). Source: CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality8

Unemployment across cities in NetherlandsUnemployment in Smallingerland is 3.9%. Of 337 cities with data, 146 have unemployment of 3 to under 3.5%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings3,812 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)14Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability99.44 %2025 Q1Percentage of households in the Dutch municipality with access to a fixed internet connection of at least 1 Gbps (1000 Mbit/s); availability, not subscribed plan, measured speed or FTTH-only coverage.21Official
Median income per year31,400 EUR/year31 Dec 2024CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek4Official
Unemployment rate3.9 %country median 3.1%31 Dec 2024CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality8Official

What does a salary buy in Smallingerland?

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

Netherlands median gross pay: €3,667 (2022-12-31).
Left over each month€2,516of €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 · 2024-12-31− €462
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€2,516
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Smallingerland Salary needed to live in Smallingerland

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Smallingerland. 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
Open official service
Open the Netherlands service overview

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools24 count27 Aug 2026DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)10Official

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; Smallingerland's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Smallingerland?

Police recorded 3,930 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

  • Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 3,930 offences per 100,000 · CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 20249
Recorded crime across major citiesSmallingerland highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Smallingerland highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Amsterdam8,970
Rotterdam8,200
Eindhoven7,990
The Hague6,890
Utrecht6,800
Nijmegen6,280
Groningen6,160
Breda5,870
Tilburg5,560
Almere4,280
Almere Stad4,278
Smallingerland3,930
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,930 offences per 100,000country median 3,09031 Dec 2024CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 20249Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was GRQ, 32 km away, with 5 listed destinations in June 2026. Car density was 632.2 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2025. Gigabit broadband availability was 99.4% in Q1 2025.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport5 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat19Official
Nearest airportGRQ13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv20Official
Distance to nearest airport32 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv20Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Smallingerland. 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
Open official information
Open the full Netherlands section
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Smallingerland.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 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 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO15Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 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 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO16Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 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 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO17Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 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 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO18Official · 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

The city covered 126.2 km² in 2026. Population density was 453 people per km² in 2026.

How many people live in Smallingerland?

The published population was 57,188 people in January 2026. Source: CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Smallingerland (GM0090)6

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Addresses per km²1,354 addresses/km²27 Aug 2026CBS2Official
Area126.1 km²10 Jun 2026Wikidata (P2046)34Independent · gemeente
Cars per 1,000 residents632.2 cars/1000 residents1 Jan 2025CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population.7Official
City area126.2 km²28 Jan 2026Kadaster BRK Bestuurlijke Gebieden, current municipality boundary polygon in EPSG:28992; area is the polygon area converted from m² to km².11Official
Foreign residents8,667 people1 Jan 2025CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population.7Official
Population density453 people/km²10 Jun 2026CBS2Official · gemeente
Population57,188 people10 Jun 2026CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Smallingerland (GM0090)6Official

International community in Smallingerland

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Population registered in Dutch municipalities; CBS population on 1 January · 2026-01-01

Published groupPeopleShare
Born in the Netherlands52,06791.0%
Born outside the Netherlands5,1219.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source23

Citizenship

Residents in the Dutch population register; 1 January · 2025-01-01

Published groupPeopleShare
Totaal57,084100.0%
Nederlands54,77996.0%
Totaal niet-Nederlandse nationaliteit2,3054.0%
Buiten-Europa1,2442.2%
Europa (exclusief Nederlands)9351.6%
Azië8171.4%
Azië (exclusief Indonesisch en Turks)7071.2%
Oekraïens4280.7%
Europese Unie (exclusief Nederlands)4250.7%
Syrisch3820.7%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Afrika3380.6%
Afrika (exclusief Marokkaans)3140.6%
Midden- en Oost-Europese nat. in de EU2280.4%
Staatloos / onbekend1260.2%
Turks940.2%
Pools900.2%
Amerika870.2%
Amerika en Oceanië (exclusief Surinaams)820.1%
Somalisch730.1%
GIPS-Nationaliteiten in de EU730.1%
Burger van Bondsrepubliek Duitsland720.1%
Chinees680.1%
Eritrees640.1%
Nigeriaans470.1%
Afghaans430.1%
Roemeens410.1%
Iraans380.1%
Brits350.1%
Iraaks350.1%
Bulgaars310.1%
Colombiaans280.0%
Jemenitisch260.0%
Italiaans250.0%
Litouws250.0%
Marokkaans240.0%
Grieks220.0%
Indiaas220.0%
Hongaars190.0%
Pakistaans180.0%
Belgisch170.0%
Russisch170.0%
Indonesisch160.0%
Spaans160.0%
Thais160.0%
Frans140.0%
Egyptisch130.0%
Amerikaans110.0%
Filippijns110.0%
Braziliaans100.0%
Portugees100.0%
Zuid-Afrikaans100.0%
Vietnamees80.0%
Slowaaks70.0%
Surinaams70.0%
Lets60.0%
Canadees50.0%
Oostenrijks50.0%
Iers40.0%
Kroatisch40.0%
Tsjechisch30.0%
Zuid-Koreaans30.0%
Oceanië20.0%
Ghanees20.0%
Zweeds20.0%
Japans10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source22

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average download speed, 2024250 Mbps27 Aug 2026ACM1Official
Average assessed property value (WOZ)195 kEUR31 Dec 2020CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek3Official
Jobs34,300 jobs31 Dec 2024CBS — Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek5Official
5G network availabletrue27 Aug 2026ACM1Official
Average fibre-to-the-premises coverage95 %27 Aug 2026ACM1Official
Owner-occupied homes60 pct31 Dec 2020CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek3Official

Alternatives for people set on Smallingerland

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.

Cities near Smallingerland

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

Alternative cities in Netherlands

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

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Kampen56,835 residentsHoogeveen56,781 residentsDen Helder56,678 residentsKrimpenerwaard57,898 residentsTerneuzen55,955 residentsOosterhout58,726 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Smallingerland 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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Common questions

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

How many people live in Smallingerland?

The published population was 57,188 people in January 2026. Source: CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Smallingerland (GM0090).

How safe is Smallingerland?

Police recorded 3,930 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Smallingerland?

The unemployment rate is 3.9 % (2024). Source: CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality.

How many foreign residents live in Smallingerland?

8,667 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population..

Is Smallingerland a good place to live?

Smallingerland 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.

Which cities are near Smallingerland?

Surhuisterveen, Gorredijk, Opsterland, Marum, Burgum are near Smallingerland. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Born in the Netherlands live in Smallingerland?

The official country of birth distribution records 52,067 people (91.0%) in the source-defined population for 2026-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Smallingerland, Netherlands: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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