district in Nijkerk
Nijkerk-stad
Nijkerk-stad has 18 neighbourhoods with 28,735 residents in total.
Nijkerk's town is the growing main core on the Veluwe's edge, eighteen neighbourhoods and nearly 29,000 residents around Corlaer and Doornsteeg. Safety comes to 7.9 and amenities to 7.8, marks that suit a quiet, devout family town; for families the mark is 8.3. Prosperity (6.1) sits just above the middle, while peace and space stays at 5.1. The 8.5 overall belongs to a tidy, expanding commuter town with a distinctly safe character.
no. 3 of the 5 districts of Nijkerk
Short answer: Nijkerk-stad scores 8.5 as a district of Nijkerk, no. 3 of the 5 districts of Nijkerk. Its strongest neighbourhood is Paasbos-west (9.9), the worst Centrum (4.6). The district has 18 neighbourhoods with 28,735 residents in total.
Key figures for Nijkerk-stad
- residents
- 28,735
- neighbourhoods
- 18
- km² of land
- 10.5
How Nijkerk-stad 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, 721 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
Nijkerk-stad has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,344 — 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 Nijkerk-stad, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Nijkerk-stad
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Nijkerk-stad.
Neighbourhoods in Nijkerk-stad
Sorted by total grade
- 1Paasbos-west9.9
- 2Strijland-west9.8
- 3Groot Corlaer9.8
- 4Doornsteeg9.4
- 5Luxool9.4
- 6Paasbos-oost9.2
- 7Corlaer9.1
- 8De Bogen9.1
- 9Strijland-oost8.2
- 10Nautena-zuid/Schulpkamp8.0
- 11Bruins Slotlaan/Campenbuurt8.0
- 12Nautena-noord/Havenstraat7.7
- 13Zilverschoon/Oranjebuurt7.5
- 14Spoorkamp/De Terrassen7.4
- 15Coltoflaan/van Oldenbarneveldstraat7.0
- 16Industriegebied5.3
- 17Centrum4.6
- –De Flier/Arkerpoort