The districts of Ermelo

Ermelo has 28,135 residents (2026), spread across 7 districts and 21 neighbourhoods.

Top 27% of the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Ermelo comes out at 8.0 as a municipality — better than 73% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.8; wealth and income hold it back at 5.9. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Ermelo - Noord (9.4), the lowest in 's Heerenloo (3.9). That is 5.5 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 28,135
districts: 7
neighbourhoods: 21
km² of land: 85.7

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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

20.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

6.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 795 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

1.1 km

GP practice

1.6 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

5.1 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 460,896

Welfare recipients

13.3 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

62%

Social housing

24%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

77%

Built after 2000

21%

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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

3,049 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

66%

Trees nearby

25%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,088

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

0.8 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

2.3 km

Residents under 15

15%

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Who lives here

The age profile of Ermelo looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,041 — 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 Ermelo, weighted by population.