district in Enkhuizen
Enkhuizen Noord
Enkhuizen Noord has 8 neighbourhoods with 11,170 residents in total.
Enkhuizen Noord takes in the post-war expansions of the old Zuiderzee town, with eight neighbourhoods and over 11,000 residents. Amenities score highest at 7.7, followed by safety (6.5). The other pillars stay near the middle: overall 7.0 and quiet and nature 5.5, with wealth and income the most modest mark at 4.8. A well-served, otherwise average residential district in West Friesland.
no. 1 of the 4 districts of Enkhuizen
Short answer: Enkhuizen Noord scores 7.0 as a district of Enkhuizen, no. 1 of the 4 districts of Enkhuizen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Kadijken (9.7), the worst Noord (4.1). The district has 8 neighbourhoods with 11,170 residents in total.
Key figures for Enkhuizen Noord
- residents
- 11,170
- neighbourhoods
- 8
- km² of land
- 2.9
How Enkhuizen Noord 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, 333 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
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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
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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.
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
The age profile of Enkhuizen Noord looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,751 — 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 Enkhuizen Noord, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Enkhuizen Noord
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Neighbourhoods in Enkhuizen Noord
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