district in Nijmegen
Dukenburg
Dukenburg has 9 neighbourhoods with 22,500 residents in total.
Dukenburg is Nijmegen's large post-war satellite district, nine neighbourhoods with names ending in -hof and -horst and just over 22,000 residents. Amenities reach 6.9, the only mark above the national middle, while safety stays below it at 5.1. Wealth and income sink to 3.3 and quiet and nature come to 5.1. The 4.6 overall suits the spacious 1960s and 1970s estates, which struggle with a stubborn liveability challenge despite all the greenery between the blocks.
no. 6 of the 9 districts of Nijmegen
Short answer: Dukenburg scores 4.6 as a district of Nijmegen, no. 6 of the 9 districts of Nijmegen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Weezenhof (8.2), the worst Zwanenveld (2.8). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 22,500 residents in total.
Key figures for Dukenburg
- residents
- 22,500
- neighbourhoods
- 9
- km² of land
- 6.9
How Dukenburg 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, 1,135 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 Dukenburg looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,014 — 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 Dukenburg, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Dukenburg
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Neighbourhoods in Dukenburg
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