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neighbourhood in Wageningen

Bovenbuurt

2,970 residents · postal code 6706 · Part of Boven- en Benedenbuurt, Wageningen

  • no. 8,195 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 18 of 33 in Wageningen

Scores per pillar

The Bovenbuurt in Wageningen carries the marks of the university town: two-thirds single-person, plenty of stacked housing and just ten per cent children. Amenities score 9.0 and safety a 6.7, at eighteen crimes per 1,000 people present, under the median. Greenery (3.2) and housing (4.6) lag, with an average value of 331,000 euro. The station lies just over six kilometres away; the total comes to 5.3.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.3 km
Secondary school
0.4 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
6.6 km
Hospital
1.7 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
1.1 km
Library
1.7 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
18.4
Violent crimes
0.9
Burglaries
1.0

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 331,000
Owner-occupied
48%
Single-family homes
34%
Built after 2000
35%
Income per resident
€ 31,000

Who lives here

0–15 10%15–25 24%25–45 37%45–65 18%65+ 13%
Average household size
1.5
Households with children
13%
Single-person households
67%
Residents per km²
6,560

Nearby neighbourhoods

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Bovenbuurt calculated?

Bovenbuurt scores 5.3 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 Bovenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Bovenbuurt scores 6.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (18.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.