district in Hof van Twente
Goor
Goor has 10 neighbourhoods with 8,470 residents in total.
Everything close by, little to spend
Goor is the little town at the heart of Hof van Twente, ten neighbourhoods from the centre to the renewed Gijmink — where the asbestos clean-up made national news. Amenities score 7.9 and the station lies in the village. Overall: 4.8 for nearly 8,500 residents.
no. 10 of the 10 districts of Hof van Twente
Short answer: Goor scores 4.8 as a district of Hof van Twente, no. 10 of the 10 districts of Hof van Twente. Its strongest neighbourhood is Waterhoek (9.1), the worst Centrum-Goor (3.3). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 8,470 residents in total.
Key figures for Goor
- residents
- 8,470
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 4.7
How Goor 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, 331 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
The age profile of Goor looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,298 — 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 Goor, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Goor
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Goor.
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Neighbourhoods in Goor
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