district in Arnhem
Schuytgraaf
Schuytgraaf has 3 neighbourhoods with 16,330 residents in total.
Schuytgraaf rose as Arnhem's large Vinex district on the south side of the city, three neighbourhoods and just over 16,000 residents. The overall stands out at 8.5, carried by safety (8.5) and wealth and income (7.7). Amenities are the weakest at 5.8, still very much under construction, while quiet and nature reaches 5.7. Families land on 8.5. A young, child-rich family district of roomy new-build along the Rhine.
no. 1 of the 24 districts of Arnhem
Short answer: Schuytgraaf scores 8.7 as a district of Arnhem, no. 1 of the 24 districts of Arnhem. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Schuytgraaf-Noord (9.2). The district has 3 neighbourhoods with 16,330 residents in total.
Key figures for Schuytgraaf
- residents
- 16,330
- neighbourhoods
- 3
- km² of land
- 3.9
How Schuytgraaf 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, 412 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
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
Schuytgraaf has strikingly many children under 15: 25%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1525%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4533%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+7%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
55% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,463 — 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 Schuytgraaf, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Schuytgraaf
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