The districts of Capelle aan den IJssel
Capelle aan den IJssel has 68,620 residents (2026), spread across 9 districts and 79 neighbourhoods.
Families packed close together
Capelle aan den IJssel comes out at 6.5 as a municipality — better than 53% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Families lift that grade with 7.8; quiet and nature hold it back at 4.7. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Eilandenbuurt (9.9), the lowest in Valeriusbuurt (2.6). That is 7.3 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Capelle aan den IJssel
- residents
- 68,620
- districts
- 9
- neighbourhoods
- 79
- km² of land
- 14.2
How Capelle aan den IJssel scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 2,631 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Capelle aan den IJssel →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Capelle aan den IJssel →
The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The most affluent neighbourhoods in Capelle aan den IJssel →
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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.
Tick = Dutch median
The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Capelle aan den IJssel →
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
The best neighbourhoods for families in Capelle aan den IJssel →
Who lives here
The age profile of Capelle aan den IJssel looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,087 — 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 Capelle aan den IJssel, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Capelle aan den IJssel →Eilandenbuurt
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Paradijssel
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Couwenhoek
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Vuykterrein
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Redebuurt
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Weakest neighbourhoods
The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Capelle aan den IJssel →Other rankings
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