neighbourhood in Enkhuizen

Gommerwijk Oost

2,110 residents · postal code 1602 · Part of Enkhuizen Noord, Enkhuizen

Top 38% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

A 9.8 for families puts Gommerwijk Oost among the top four hundred neighbourhoods in the country on that pillar. The primary school is three hundred metres away and that component weighs heaviest, but here it coincides with a share of households with children well above the national median.

With offences the picture runs against what the total suggests. That total stays below the national median, yet violence and vandalism both sit clearly above it; only burglary and property crime pull it down. Looking at the street rather than the lock gives a different impression from the one the 5.7 offers at a glance.

The wealth & income pillar lags behind the rest. Property values are below the median and social assistance well above it — in a place where almost every resident lives in a family house and more than seven in ten own theirs.

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no. 4 of 13 in Enkhuizen

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Is Gommerwijk Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gommerwijk Oost comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

21.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

4.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 52 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

2.7 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

2.3 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 296,000

Welfare recipients

23.7 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

24%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

96%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

8,038 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

31%

Trees nearby

Water share

13%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,468

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.8 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.3 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Gommerwijk Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,038 — 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 Gommerwijk Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gommerwijk Oost comes out at 21 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 Gommerwijk Oost?

In Gommerwijk Oost the police recorded 52 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Gommerwijk Oost calculated?

Gommerwijk Oost scores 7.2 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 Gommerwijk Oost 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.