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Hunnerberg

4,415 residents · postal code 6522 · Part of Nijmegen-Oost, Nijmegen

Top 29% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Genteel Nijmegen-East, but short on children: just 6 per cent are under fifteen while 62 per cent of households are single-person. At €616,000 the average home sits well above the national median, and wealth (7.7) and amenities (8.9) both score high. Safety trails at 4.4, though the figure is corrected for the footfall this central spot attracts. Quiet is the other soft point at 6.0.

  • no. 3,708 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 7 of 40 in Nijmegen

How Hunnerberg scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
31.3 per 1,000
Violent crime
2.0 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.9 per 1,000
Property crime
15.8 per 1,000
Vandalism
3.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 211 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.
Supermarket
0.8 km
GP practice
0.5 km
Train station
2.2 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Hospital
3.5 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
1.3 km
Motorway ramp
0.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 616,000
Welfare recipients
9.1 per 1,000
High incomes
26%
Low incomes
38%
Vacancy
5%
Owner-occupied
62%
Social housing
14%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
36%
Built after 2000
15%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
4,094 inw/km²
Noise level
55 dB
Green surroundings
62%
Trees nearby
19%
Water share
0%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
2,688
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.6 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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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.5 km
Households with children
11%
Childcare
0.4 km
Secondary school
0.9 km
Residents under 15
6%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hunnerberg has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 22%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–156%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2522%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4523%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6517%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+32%

    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

    1.6far smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    62%far more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    11%far fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    4,094far 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

How is the grade for Hunnerberg calculated?

Hunnerberg scores 7.9 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Hunnerberg lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Hunnerberg a safe neighbourhood?

Hunnerberg scores 4.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (31.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Nijmegen.

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