The districts of Bunschoten

Bunschoten has 22,685 residents (2026), spread across 2 districts and 11 neighbourhoods.

Top 21% of the Netherlands

Families packed close together

As a municipality, Bunschoten sits at 8.4, better than 79% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Families lift that grade with 8.8; quiet and nature hold it back at 5.2. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Bikkersvaart (9.6), the lowest in Spakenburg (6.8). That is 2.8 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 22,685
districts: 2
neighbourhoods: 11
km² of land: 30.4

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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

19.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

6.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 562 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

0.9 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

9.2 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

1.4 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 465,895

Welfare recipients

10.1 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

74%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

27%

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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

4,563 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,237

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.5 km

Households with children

43%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

18%

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Who lives here

Bunschoten has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,563 — 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 Bunschoten, weighted by population.