district in Dalfsen
Dalfsen
Dalfsen has 19 neighbourhoods with 15,380 residents in total.
Dalfsen ranks among the quietest rural municipalities of Overijssel, nineteen neighbourhoods and just over 15,000 residents on the Vecht. Safety stands out at 8.4 and the overall grade reaches 7.7. Quiet and nature (7.2) and wealth and income (6.9) hold above the middle. Amenities are the weakest at 5.2. A green, rural village where space outweighs the shops.
no. 3 of the 3 districts of Dalfsen
Short answer: Dalfsen scores 7.7 as a district of Dalfsen, no. 3 of the 3 districts of Dalfsen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Hoonhorst kern (9.5), the worst Verspreide huizen Millingen (4.2). The district has 19 neighbourhoods with 15,380 residents in total.
Key figures for Dalfsen
- residents
- 15,380
- neighbourhoods
- 19
- km² of land
- 116
How Dalfsen 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, 276 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Dalfsen →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Dalfsen →
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
The age profile of Dalfsen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,403 — around the 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 Dalfsen, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Dalfsen
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Dalfsen.
Neighbourhoods in Dalfsen
Sorted by total grade
- 1Hoonhorst kern9.5
- 2Vechtvliet-Leemcule9.4
- 3Polhaar8.9
- 4Verspreide huizen Oudleusenerveld8.9
- 5Gernermarke-Oosterdalfsen8.7
- 6Verspreide huizen Lenthe8.1
- 7Verspreide huizen Dalfserveld7.7
- 8Oudleusen kern7.6
- 9Verspreide huizen Welsum-Gerner7.6
- 10Verspreide huizen Emmen-De Marshoek7.6
- 11Verspreide huizen Ankum7.4
- 12Pleijendal7.2
- 13Verspreide huizen Hessum-Rechteren6.9
- 14Ankummer Es6.5
- 15Verspreide huizen Dalmsholte6.0
- 16Bedrijventerrein Rondweg5.9
- 17Dalfsen Centrum5.2
- 18Ankum kern4.4
- 19Verspreide huizen Millingen4.2