district in Ede
Bennekom
Bennekom has 6 neighbourhoods with 15,165 residents in total.
On the edge of the Veluwe just south of Ede, Bennekom holds 15,165 residents across six neighbourhoods including Halderbrink and De Laar. This is a village that clears the bar almost everywhere: an overall 8.5 and safety at 7.9. Its weakest pillar is quiet and nature at 6.3, which looks low for a place with woodland on the doorstep. Amenities (7.1) and wealth (7.4) keep pace.
no. 6 of the 17 districts of Ede
Short answer: Bennekom scores 8.5 as a district of Ede, no. 6 of the 17 districts of Ede. Its strongest neighbourhood is Boekelo (8.9), the worst Dikkenberg (3.9). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 15,165 residents in total.
Key figures for Bennekom
- residents
- 15,165
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 24.7
How Bennekom 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, 305 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.
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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.
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
Bennekom has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,893 — 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 Bennekom, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Bennekom
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Neighbourhoods in Bennekom
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