district in Lelystad
Boswijk
Boswijk has 8 neighbourhoods with 10,825 residents in total.
Boswijk in Lelystad takes in eight neighbourhoods with names like Archipel and Rozengaard, together over 10,800 residents. Amenities score highest at 7.8, while safety and the overall both stall at 5.2 and wealth & income comes in lowest at 6.1. Quiet & nature keeps the district somewhat afloat at 4.4, and for families it's even a 8.1. A well-served district with a mixed profile on the remaining pillars.
no. 7 of the 11 districts of Lelystad
Short answer: Boswijk scores 6.7 as a district of Lelystad, no. 7 of the 11 districts of Lelystad. Its strongest neighbourhood is Archipel, Beukenhof, Rozengaard (8.5), the worst Kamp (3.9). The district has 8 neighbourhoods with 10,825 residents in total.
Key figures for Boswijk
- residents
- 10,825
- neighbourhoods
- 8
- km² of land
- 2.7
How Boswijk 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, 336 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
Boswijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,780 — 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 Boswijk, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Boswijk
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Neighbourhoods in Boswijk
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