neighbourhood in Apeldoorn
Groot Zonnehoeve
2,100 residents · postal code 7325 · Part of Oost, Apeldoorn
Groot Zonnehoeve is one of Apeldoorn's youngest districts — over nine in ten homes date from after 2000 — and sits improbably well: Apeldoorn Osseveld station 700 metres away, the forest within cycling distance. More than half of households have children, the wealth and income score is 8.4 and the average value €542k. Amenities (5.8) still need to grow in. Overall: 7.4.
- no. 4,523 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 37 of 87 in Apeldoorn
How Groot Zonnehoeve scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 58 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Wealth & income
What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Groot Zonnehoeve has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 15%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
NL median 22%
Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.
Average household size
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
53% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,790 — less densely populated than average
NL median 2,364
Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.
Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Groot Zonnehoeve calculated?
Groot Zonnehoeve scores 7.4 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Groot Zonnehoeve lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Groot Zonnehoeve a safe neighbourhood?
Groot Zonnehoeve scores 6.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (22.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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