neighbourhood in Voorst
Twello-Midden
5,380 residents · postal code 7391 · Part of Nijbroek, Voorst
The railway station is within walking distance of Twello-Midden, in the municipality of Voorst — an asset in an otherwise ageing area, where more than a third of residents are over 65. Amenities score highly (8.6), but wealth lags at 4.7. Just over half of homes are owner-occupied, two in three single-family. Property values, at €393,000, sit just below the median.
- no. 4,887 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 13 of 30 in Voorst
How Twello-Midden scores
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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
Twello-Midden has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+35%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,715 — 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 Twello-Midden calculated?
Twello-Midden scores 7.2 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 Twello-Midden 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Voorst
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Voorst.
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