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Waterfront

Waterfront has 4 neighbourhoods with 1,915 residents in total.

Top 34% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 6 of the 14 districts of Harderwijk

Short answer: Waterfront scores 7.5 as a district of Harderwijk, no. 6 of the 14 districts of Harderwijk. Its highest neighbourhood grade is De Eilanden (8.4). The district has 4 neighbourhoods with 1,915 residents in total.

Key figures for Waterfront

residents
1,915
neighbourhoods
4
km² of land
0.6

How Waterfront 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.
Total crime
16.2 per 1,000
Violent crime
0.8 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.7 per 1,000
Property crime
4.2 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 28 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.
Supermarket
1.2 km
GP practice
0.7 km
Train station
3.2 km
Restaurant
0.8 km
Hospital
2.5 km
Café
1.3 km
Library
1.0 km
Motorway ramp
0.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Harderwijk

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.
Property value
€ 553,087
Welfare recipients
5.3 per 1,000
High incomes
34%
Low incomes
23%
Vacancy
22%
Owner-occupied
73%
Social housing
2%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
55%
Built after 2000
100%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Harderwijk

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
7,154 inw/km²
Noise level
60 dB
Green surroundings
19%
Trees nearby
2%
Water share
6%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
1,130
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.6 µg/m³

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 quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Harderwijk

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
1.1 km
Households with children
36%
Childcare
1.1 km
Secondary school
2.3 km
Residents under 15
20%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Harderwijk

Who lives here

Waterfront has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1520%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–258%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4533%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6526%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+14%

    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

    2.4around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    23%fewer than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    36%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    7,099far 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 Waterfront, weighted by population.

Neighbourhoods in Waterfront

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1De Eilanden8.4
  2. 2De Kades3.9
  3. Stadswerven
  4. De Knar