neighbourhood in Lelystad

Gondel

1,725 residents · postal code 8243 · Part of Bolder, Lelystad

Top 39% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Gondel has almost five thousand residents per square kilometre and still scores an 8.0 for quiet & nature. That comes from greenery: both the share of green space within walking distance and the tree canopy are above the national middle, the latter almost twice over, and noise levels barely deviate from the median. Density and greenery do not rule each other out here.

The wealth pillar lags at 4.5, and the sharpest component in it is the rate of social assistance: more than twice the national middle. Property values are below it, while vacancy is remarkably low.

The families score of 7.7 rests on both sides at once: the school is six hundred metres away and almost four in ten households have children.

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no. 36 of 87 in Lelystad

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Is Gondel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gondel comes out at 19 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

19.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

4.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 34 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

2.3 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.7 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

€ 321,000

Welfare recipients

17.4 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

68%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

93%

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

4,922 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

59%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,946

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

0.6 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,922 — 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 Gondel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gondel comes out at 19 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 Gondel?

In Gondel the police recorded 34 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Gondel calculated?

Gondel scores 7.1 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 Gondel 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.