district in Doesburg
Wijk 01
Wijk 01 has 11 neighbourhoods with 11,110 residents in total.
Wijk 01 covers almost all of Doesburg, from the old fortified town inside the moat to the post-war Beinum neighbourhoods. Safety (7.5) and amenities (7.6) are the strongest pillars, with quiet and nature (6.1) just below. Wealth and income clearly lags at 4.2. Eleven neighbourhoods hold over 11,000 residents; the overall comes to 6.2.
Short answer: Wijk 01 scores 6.2 as a district of Doesburg. Its strongest neighbourhood is Beinum II (9.0), the worst Verspreide huizen Noordoost (4.1). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 11,110 residents in total.
Key figures for Wijk 01
- residents
- 11,110
- neighbourhoods
- 11
- km² of land
- 11.6
How Wijk 01 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, 302 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 01 has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,486 — 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 01, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Wijk 01
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Wijk 01.
Neighbourhoods in Wijk 01
Sorted by total grade