The districts of Barneveld

Barneveld has 63,160 residents (2026), spread across 10 districts and 47 neighbourhoods.

Top 20% of the Netherlands

Safe, and nowhere really weak

As a municipality, Barneveld sits at 8.5, better than 80% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Safety lifts that grade with 8.3; quiet and nature hold it back at 6.5. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Vliegersveld (9.9), the lowest in De Glind (3.4). That is 6.5 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 63,160
districts: 10
neighbourhoods: 47
km² of land: 176

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

18.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

6.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,502 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

1.2 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

3.5 km

Restaurant

1.6 km

Hospital

4.1 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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

€ 485,606

Welfare recipients

11.3 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

80%

Built after 2000

35%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

3,382 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

63%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

965

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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.

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.9 km

Households with children

44%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

3.5 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Barneveld has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,380 — far 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Barneveld, weighted by population.