district in Bunschoten
Wijk 00
Wijk 00 has 10 neighbourhoods with 22,685 residents in total.
Bunschoten takes in the old fishing village of Spakenburg on the former Zuiderzee, ten neighbourhoods and nearly 23,000 residents. Safety stands out at 8.1 and the overall comes to 8.4, marks that suit a close, religious community with its own traditional dress. Amenities (6.5) and wealth (6.4) hold up well, while quiet and nature trails at 5.2. With 8.8 for families, this is a markedly self-contained village with a distinctly safe and tight-knit character.
Short answer: Wijk 00 scores 8.4 as a district of Bunschoten. Its strongest neighbourhood is Bikkersvaart (9.6), the lowest-scoring Spakenburg (6.8). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 22,685 residents in total.
Key figures for Wijk 00
- residents
- 22,685
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 30.4
How Wijk 00 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, 562 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
Wijk 00 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%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,563 — 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 Wijk 00, weighted by population.
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Neighbourhoods in Wijk 00
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