district in Oldebroek
Wezep
Wezep has 11 neighbourhoods with 13,885 residents in total.
Wezep is a village on the fringe of the Veluwe in the municipality of Oldebroek, 13,885 residents across eleven neighbourhoods around the core. Safety is the strongest pillar here at 8.0, followed by amenities on 7.1 and quiet & nature on 6.2. The overall reaches 7.1. Wealth & income trails most clearly at 5.0, while for families it stands out at 8.5.
no. 1 of the 3 districts of Oldebroek
Short answer: Wezep scores 8.2 as a district of Oldebroek, no. 1 of the 3 districts of Oldebroek. Its strongest neighbourhood is Wezep-Oost (9.3), the worst Verspreide huizen Heide Hoek (2.6). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 13,885 residents in total.
Key figures for Wezep
- residents
- 13,885
- neighbourhoods
- 11
- km² of land
- 28.9
How Wezep 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, 299 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 Wezep looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,323 — 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 Wezep, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Wezep
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Wezep.
Neighbourhoods in Wezep
Sorted by total grade