district in Barneveld
Voorthuizen
Voorthuizen has 12 neighbourhoods with 12,265 residents in total.
Voorthuizen, a growing village in the municipality of Barneveld, has twelve neighbourhoods and over 12,000 residents. Overall and amenities lead at 6.8 each, followed by safety and wealth & income, both at 6.6. Quiet & nature is the most modest, at 5.5. A pleasant, family-oriented Veluwe village with an evenly balanced set of scores.
no. 6 of the 10 districts of Barneveld
Short answer: Voorthuizen scores 7.9 as a district of Barneveld, no. 6 of the 10 districts of Barneveld. Its strongest neighbourhood is De Kromme Akker (9.5), the worst Centrum Voorthuizen (5.9). The district has 12 neighbourhoods with 12,265 residents in total.
Key figures for Voorthuizen
- residents
- 12,265
- neighbourhoods
- 12
- km² of land
- 22.9
How Voorthuizen 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, 313 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.
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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.
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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
Voorthuizen has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.5 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,282 — 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 Voorthuizen, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Voorthuizen
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Neighbourhoods in Voorthuizen
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