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Waterkwartier

3,200 residents · postal code 3824 · Part of Nieuwland, Amersfoort

  • no. 1,335 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 39 of 131 in Amersfoort

Scores per pillar

The Waterkwartier, also in Amersfoort's Nieuwland, is young and safe: more than half of households include children, barely seven percent of residents are over 65, and safety earns a 9.7 with fewer than 12 crimes per 1,000 people present. More than three-quarters of residents own their home. The overall grade reaches 9.2. At €433,000, home values sit just above the national median.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.8 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
0.4 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
5.6 km
Hospital
4.3 km
Restaurant
0.8 km
Café
2.3 km
Library
3.0 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
11.7
Violent crimes
0.6
Burglaries
0.3

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 433,000
Owner-occupied
76%
Single-family homes
87%
Built after 2000
10%
Income per resident
€ 36,000

Who lives here

0–15 18%15–25 15%25–45 26%45–65 33%65+ 7%
Average household size
2.6
Households with children
52%
Single-person households
22%
Residents per km²
9,617

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Waterkwartier calculated?

Waterkwartier scores 9.2 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Waterkwartier a safe neighbourhood?

Waterkwartier scores 9.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (11.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.