district in Deventer
Colmschate-Vijfhoek
Colmschate-Vijfhoek has 7 neighbourhoods with 12,515 residents in total.
On the eastern edge of Deventer lies Colmschate-Vijfhoek, seven neighbourhoods with over 12,000 residents. Safety (9.5) and overall (9.5) sit at the top, and amenities (7.1) and wealth & income (7.3) score well too. Quiet & nature is weakest at 4.2. A safe, sought-after new-build district ranking among the city's best.
no. 2 of the 15 districts of Deventer
Short answer: Colmschate-Vijfhoek scores 9.5 as a district of Deventer, no. 2 of the 15 districts of Deventer. Its strongest neighbourhood is Graveland (9.9), the lowest-scoring Overig Colmschate-Noord (6.5). The district has 7 neighbourhoods with 12,515 residents in total.
Key figures for Colmschate-Vijfhoek
- residents
- 12,515
- neighbourhoods
- 7
- km² of land
- 5.7
How Colmschate-Vijfhoek 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, 118 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
Colmschate-Vijfhoek has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 12%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
NL median 28%
- 65+12%
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
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
52% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,996 — 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 Colmschate-Vijfhoek, weighted by population.
The best and lowest-scoring neighbourhoods of Colmschate-Vijfhoek
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Colmschate-Vijfhoek.
Neighbourhoods in Colmschate-Vijfhoek
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