district in Ede
Lunteren
Lunteren has 8 neighbourhoods with 14,060 residents in total.
Lunteren sits in the middle of the Veluwe, a village of 14,060 residents across eight neighbourhoods from the centre to the Lunterse Veld. Wealth and income scores 7.4 here and safety 8.2, figures that confirm the prosperous village character. The overall comes out high at 8.7. Amenities stay at 7.1, as befits a village at a remove from the city, and quiet and nature is the lowest of the pillars at 7.1.
no. 4 of the 17 districts of Ede
Short answer: Lunteren scores 8.8 as a district of Ede, no. 4 of the 17 districts of Ede. Its strongest neighbourhood is Wormshoef (9.7), the worst Lunterse Buurtbos (5.7). The district has 8 neighbourhoods with 14,060 residents in total.
Key figures for Lunteren
- residents
- 14,060
- neighbourhoods
- 8
- km² of land
- 50.8
How Lunteren 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, 347 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
Lunteren has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,393 — 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 Lunteren, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Lunteren
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Neighbourhoods in Lunteren
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