district in Neder-Betuwe
Kesteren
Kesteren has 6 neighbourhoods with 13,640 residents in total.
Kesteren and Opheusden lie in the Betuwe, against the Rhine, together 13,640 residents across six neighbourhoods with much scattered building in the polder. Safety stands right out at 9.2, and quiet & nature follows on 5.9, figures that mark the rural character. The overall reaches 8.3. Wealth & income trails most clearly at 5.3, while amenities hold the middle at 7.2. For families it's an outlier at 8.9.
no. 1 of the 3 districts of Neder-Betuwe
Short answer: Kesteren scores 8.9 as a district of Neder-Betuwe, no. 1 of the 3 districts of Neder-Betuwe. Its strongest neighbourhood is Verspreide huizen Kesteren (9.8), the worst Verspreide huizen Lede en Oudewaard (4.3). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 13,640 residents in total.
Key figures for Kesteren
- residents
- 13,640
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 16.4
How Kesteren 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, 243 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
Kesteren has strikingly many children under 15: 23%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1523%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,176 — around the 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 Kesteren, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Kesteren
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Kesteren.
Neighbourhoods in Kesteren
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