district in Enschede
Enschede-Noord
Enschede-Noord has 7 neighbourhoods with 20,425 residents in total.
Seven neighbourhoods and just over 20,000 residents make up Enschede-Noord, among them the rebuilt Roombeek and the University of Twente campus at Drienerveld. Amenities stand out at 8.6, but the other pillars stay modest: wealth and income 3.8, quiet and nature 5.9 and safety 4.5. The overall comes to 5.0. A mixed northern edge of students, post-war blocks and a university within its bounds.
no. 5 of the 10 districts of Enschede
Short answer: Enschede-Noord scores 5.0 as a district of Enschede, no. 5 of the 10 districts of Enschede. Its strongest neighbourhood is Bolhaar (9.7), the worst Drienerveld-U.T. (2.9). The district has 7 neighbourhoods with 20,425 residents in total.
Key figures for Enschede-Noord
- residents
- 20,425
- neighbourhoods
- 7
- km² of land
- 7.8
How Enschede-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, 1,139 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
Enschede-Noord has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 23%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2523%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
60% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,391 — 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 Enschede-Noord, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Enschede-Noord
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Neighbourhoods in Enschede-Noord
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