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neighbourhood in Lochem

Gorssel

3,490 residents · postal code 7213 · Part of Gorssel, Lochem

  • no. 2,383 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 9 of 36 in Lochem

Scores per pillar

Well-to-do and thinly populated, this Achterhoek village skews older: more than a third of residents are over 65. Safety scores 8.7 and housing 7.9, while amenities, at 5.9, bring up the rear. Eight in ten homes are single-family houses. At €500,000 the average home stands above the national median of €422,000, and the overall grade reaches 8.6.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.9 km
Secondary school
7.1 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
7.5 km
Hospital
8.7 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Café
6.3 km
Library
0.8 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
13.4
Violent crimes
0.4
Burglaries
1.0

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 500,000
Owner-occupied
67%
Single-family homes
84%
Built after 2000
24%
Income per resident
€ 38,000

Who lives here

0–15 12%15–25 10%25–45 14%45–65 28%65+ 36%
Average household size
2.1
Households with children
29%
Single-person households
33%
Residents per km²
1,278

Nearby neighbourhoods

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Gorssel calculated?

Gorssel scores 8.6 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Gorssel a safe neighbourhood?

Gorssel scores 8.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (13.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.