district in Almelo
Windmolenbroek
Windmolenbroek has 12 neighbourhoods with 13,615 residents in total.
Windmolenbroek gathers 13,615 of Almelo's residents into twelve neighbourhoods, from Nijrees to the Zeven Bosjes. The numbers cluster around the national middle: quiet & nature reaches 5.3, with safety and amenities close behind at 7.1 and 6.2. Wealth & income lands on 6.0 and the overall on 6.6. For families the district sits higher, at 7.5. A post-war residential district without sharp outliers.
no. 4 of the 12 districts of Almelo
Short answer: Windmolenbroek scores 6.6 as a district of Almelo, no. 4 of the 12 districts of Almelo. Its strongest neighbourhood is Nijrees (9.5), the worst Leemslagen Noord (3.7). The district has 12 neighbourhoods with 13,615 residents in total.
Key figures for Windmolenbroek
- residents
- 13,615
- neighbourhoods
- 12
- km² of land
- 9.6
How Windmolenbroek 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, 446 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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
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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.
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
The age profile of Windmolenbroek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,022 — 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 Windmolenbroek, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Windmolenbroek
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Neighbourhoods in Windmolenbroek
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