neighbourhood in Doesburg
De oude Stad binnen de gracht
2,445 residents · postal code 6981 · Part of Wijk 01, Doesburg
Everything close by, little to spend
Almost half of the residents of De oude Stad binnen de gracht are 65 or older and the share of children is exceptionally small. That explains the 5.1 for families: the primary school is five hundred metres away, so distance is not the issue.
Amenities is the strong point at an 8.7, since restaurant, supermarket, GP and school are all close by. On wealth & income it stops at a 4.6, with the income distribution around the Dutch average but the property value below it and the vacancy rate almost twice above it. Quiet & nature arrives at a 5.7, partly because of the water that covers almost a tenth of the surface area.
- no. 7,604 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 8 in Doesburg
How De oude Stad binnen de gracht scores
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Is De oude Stad binnen de gracht a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De oude Stad binnen de gracht comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 94 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
De oude Stad binnen de gracht has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 46%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–156%
NL median 14%
- 15–256%
NL median 11%
- 25–4513%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+46%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,324 — 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 De oude Stad binnen de gracht a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De oude Stad binnen de gracht comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De oude Stad binnen de gracht?
In De oude Stad binnen de gracht the police recorded 94 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 De oude Stad binnen de gracht calculated?
De oude Stad binnen de gracht scores 5.6 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 De oude Stad binnen de gracht 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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