The districts of Urk
Urk has 22,180 residents (2026), spread across 2 districts and 12 neighbourhoods.
Families packed close together
Urk comes out at 8.3 as a municipality — better than 77% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Families lift that grade with 9.4; quiet and nature hold it back at 4.3. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in De Top (9.0), the lowest in Industrieterrein II (2.7). That is 6.3 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Urk
- residents
- 22,180
- districts
- 2
- neighbourhoods
- 12
- km² of land
- 13.1
How Urk 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, 340 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Urk →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Urk →
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 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 figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Urk has strikingly many children under 15: 27%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1527%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6520%
NL median 28%
- 65+11%
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
3.2 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
22% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
56% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,981 — 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 Urk, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
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All districts of Urk
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