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The districts of Renkum

Renkum has 31,485 residents (2026), spread across 12 districts and 54 neighbourhoods.

Top 33% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

Everything close by, little to spend

Renkum averages 7.6, which puts the municipality above 67% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 7.3; wealth and income hold it back at 6.1. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Talud (9.9), the lowest in De Stichting (2.5). That is 7.4 points of difference inside one municipality.

Key figures for Renkum

residents
31,485
districts
12
neighbourhoods
54
km² of land
45.9

How Renkum 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.
Total crime
21.4 per 1,000
Violent crime
2.3 per 1,000
Burglaries
1.0 per 1,000
Property crime
7.2 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 846 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in RenkumThe most dangerous neighbourhoods in Renkum

The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
1.0 km
GP practice
1.0 km
Train station
3.7 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Hospital
7.3 km
Café
2.5 km
Library
1.3 km
Motorway ramp
1.2 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Renkum

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.
Property value
€ 438,213
Welfare recipients
17.7 per 1,000
High incomes
23%
Low incomes
37%
Vacancy
5%
Owner-occupied
64%
Social housing
21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
72%
Built after 2000
10%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Renkum

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
3,843 inw/km²
Noise level
51 dB
Green surroundings
65%
Trees nearby
27%
Water share
0%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
945
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.5 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.

Tick = Dutch median

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Renkum

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.7 km
Households with children
28%
Childcare
0.5 km
Secondary school
3.4 km
Residents under 15
13%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Renkum

Who lives here

Renkum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1513%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–259%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4518%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6530%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+30%

    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

    2.0smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    39%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    28%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    3,809far 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 Renkum, weighted by population.

Other rankings

All districts of Renkum

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Oosterbeek Zuidoost9.2
  2. 2Oosterbeek Noordoost9.1
  3. 3Heelsum ten oosten van de rijksweg8.4
  4. 4Bebouwde kom Doorwerth8.1
  5. 5Heveadorp8.0
  6. 6Renkum Noord7.0
  7. 7Renkum Zuid6.6
  8. 8Wolfheze ten zuiden van het spoor6.0
  9. 9Wolfheze ten noorden van het spoor6.0
  10. 10Heelsum ten westen van de rijksweg5.8
  11. 11Oosterbeek West5.0
  12. 12Buitengebied Doorwerth4.6