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neighbourhood in Wijk bij Duurstede

De Engk

1,870 residents · postal code 3961 · Part of Wijk bij Duurstede, Wijk bij Duurstede

  • no. 11,176 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 17 of 17 in Wijk bij Duurstede

Scores per pillar

De Engk is the first post-war shell of Wijk bij Duurstede, strongly aged: 36 percent over 65 and two thirds rental. The GP sits 300 metres away and a quarter of the homes have been renewed since 2000. For a train you drive eleven kilometres to Culemborg or Driebergen. Overall: 3.6.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.3 km
Primary school
0.9 km
Secondary school
1.5 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
11.3 km
Hospital
9.2 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.8 km
Library
0.5 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
21.9
Violent crimes
1.1
Burglaries
1.6

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 370,000
Owner-occupied
33%
Single-family homes
45%
Built after 2000
25%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 15%15–25 8%25–45 20%45–65 21%65+ 36%
Average household size
1.9
Households with children
25%
Single-person households
48%
Residents per km²
7,381

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for De Engk calculated?

De Engk scores 3.6 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 De Engk a safe neighbourhood?

De Engk scores 5.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (21.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.