The districts of Bronckhorst

Bronckhorst has 36,035 residents (2026), spread across 5 districts and 45 neighbourhoods.

Top 37% of the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

Bronckhorst averages 7.3, which puts the municipality above 63% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 8.4; families hold it back at 5.4. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Vorden (8.8), the lowest in Baak (2.8). That is 6.0 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 36,035
districts: 5
neighbourhoods: 45
km² of land: 284

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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

14.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

5.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 509 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

2.0 km

GP practice

1.8 km

Train station

6.3 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

7.7 km

Café

2.0 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 km

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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

€ 447,961

Welfare recipients

8.1 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

17%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

83%

Built after 2000

12%

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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

1,586 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

65%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

374

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

1.2 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

1.1 km

Secondary school

5.7 km

Residents under 15

12%

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Who lives here

Bronckhorst has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
NL median 28%
65+29%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,586 — far less 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 Bronckhorst, weighted by population.