neighbourhood in Arnhem
Elderhof
2,815 residents · postal code 6843 · Part of Elderveld, Arnhem
Safe, but few children
Elderhof is a neighbourhood of exclusively single-family homes with a quiet & nature score of 8.3, which for an urban neighbourhood in Arnhem is exceptional. Greenery in the surroundings lies well above the Dutch middle, the tree canopy at nearly twice the median, and the noise level barely differs from the national one. That is the combination you normally find outside the built-up area.
The weakest figure is the 5.6 for families, and the primary school at exactly one kilometre explains part of it. The rest sits in the population: almost a third of residents are 65 or older while the share of children stays below the national middle. Within wealth & income, a 6.2, the property value is the only component genuinely lagging — social assistance, vacancy and the income distribution all sit on or better than the national median. Here too the score describes the houses rather than the people in them.
- no. 1,475 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 8 of 81 in Arnhem
How Elderhof scores
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Is Elderhof a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Elderhof comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 53 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
Elderhof has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+30%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,667 — far more 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
Is Elderhof a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Elderhof comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Elderhof?
In Elderhof the police recorded 53 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for Elderhof calculated?
Elderhof scores 9.2 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Elderhof lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
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