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Leusderkwartier

Leusderkwartier has 4 neighbourhoods with 5,760 residents in total.

Top 6% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 1 of the 31 districts of Amersfoort

Short answer: Leusderkwartier scores 9.6 as a district of Amersfoort, no. 1 of the 31 districts of Amersfoort. Its strongest neighbourhood is Leusderkwartier-West (9.9), the lowest-scoring Nimmerdor (7.2). The district has 4 neighbourhoods with 5,760 residents in total.

Key figures for Leusderkwartier

residents
5,760
neighbourhoods
4
km² of land
2

How Leusderkwartier 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
16.8 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.6 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.5 per 1,000
Property crime
6.4 per 1,000
Vandalism
1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 127 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.
Supermarket
0.6 km
GP practice
0.5 km
Train station
2.2 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Hospital
4.1 km
Café
0.8 km
Library
1.9 km
Motorway ramp
1.3 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Amersfoort

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
€ 518,238
Welfare recipients
14.1 per 1,000
High incomes
29%
Low incomes
33%
Vacancy
3%
Owner-occupied
64%
Social housing
26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
68%
Built after 2000
6%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Amersfoort

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
6,664 inw/km²
Noise level
53 dB
Green surroundings
58%
Trees nearby
21%
Water share
0%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
2,249
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.9 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 Amersfoort

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.6 km
Households with children
34%
Childcare
0.4 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Residents under 15
18%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Amersfoort

Who lives here

Leusderkwartier has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1518%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2511%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4526%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6528%

    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

    2.2around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    39%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    34%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    6,664far 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 Leusderkwartier, weighted by population.

The best and lowest-scoring neighbourhoods of Leusderkwartier

The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Leusderkwartier.

Neighbourhoods in Leusderkwartier

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Leusderkwartier-West9.9
  2. 2Leusderkwartier-Oost9.6
  3. 3De Driehoek9.3
  4. 4Nimmerdor7.2