district in Enschede
Ribbelt - Stokhorst
Ribbelt - Stokhorst has 4 neighbourhoods with 8,640 residents in total.
Ribbelt-Stokhorst lies in eastern Enschede, four sharply differing neighbourhoods: from the Ribbelt housing-association area to the Stokhorst villa park. Amenities score 8.4; the overall average comes to 5.9. The Twente countryside begins at the eastern edge.
no. 4 of the 10 districts of Enschede
Short answer: Ribbelt - Stokhorst scores 5.9 as a district of Enschede, no. 4 of the 10 districts of Enschede. Its strongest neighbourhood is Stokhorst (9.7), the worst Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink (3.6). The district has 4 neighbourhoods with 8,640 residents in total.
Key figures for Ribbelt - Stokhorst
- residents
- 8,640
- neighbourhoods
- 4
- km² of land
- 2.3
How Ribbelt - Stokhorst 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, 258 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.
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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
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 Ribbelt - Stokhorst looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,066 — 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 Ribbelt - Stokhorst, weighted by population.
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