district in Nijmegen
Nijmegen-Centrum
Nijmegen-Centrum has 2 neighbourhoods with 12,960 residents in total.
Everything close by, little space
Nijmegen's centre is made up of two neighbourhoods, the Stadscentrum and the historic Benedenstad, with nearly 13,000 residents combined. Amenities are all but maximal at 9.9, but safety and quiet both sink to 3.0, the lowest marks in this set. Wealth (3.8) stays low too. The 3.0 overall is the familiar bill for a busy city core: everything close by, little breathing room.
no. 9 of the 9 districts of Nijmegen
Short answer: Nijmegen-Centrum scores 3.1 as a district of Nijmegen, no. 9 of the 9 districts of Nijmegen. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Benedenstad (3.5). The district has 2 neighbourhoods with 12,960 residents in total.
Key figures for Nijmegen-Centrum
- residents
- 12,960
- neighbourhoods
- 2
- km² of land
- 1.3
How Nijmegen-Centrum 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, 3,357 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
Nijmegen-Centrum has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 32%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–153%
NL median 14%
- 15–2532%
NL median 11%
- 25–4543%
NL median 22%
- 45–6513%
NL median 28%
- 65+10%
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
1.3 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
77% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
5% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,169 — 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 Nijmegen-Centrum, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Nijmegen-Centrum
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