district in Enschede
Glanerbrug en omgeving
Glanerbrug en omgeving has 9 neighbourhoods with 16,605 residents in total.
Glanerbrug reaches all the way to the German border east of Enschede, nine neighbourhoods and just over 16,000 residents. Amenities (7.1), safety (6.5) and the overall (6.1) hold around or just below the middle. Wealth and income clearly lags at 4.2, while quiet and nature comes to 4.5. Families land on 7.2. A mixed border village that belongs to Enschede but keeps its own character.
no. 2 of the 10 districts of Enschede
Short answer: Glanerbrug en omgeving scores 6.1 as a district of Enschede, no. 2 of the 10 districts of Enschede. Its strongest neighbourhood is Eilermarke (9.1), the worst Eekmaat (2.8). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 16,605 residents in total.
Key figures for Glanerbrug en omgeving
- residents
- 16,605
- neighbourhoods
- 9
- km² of land
- 5.5
How Glanerbrug en omgeving 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, 501 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.
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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 Glanerbrug en omgeving looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,315 — 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 Glanerbrug en omgeving, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Glanerbrug en omgeving
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Glanerbrug en omgeving.
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Neighbourhoods in Glanerbrug en omgeving
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