district in Wijchen
Wijchen kern
Wijchen kern has 39 neighbourhoods with 34,360 residents in total.
Wijchen's core is the village heart of its municipality, unusually finely split across 39 neighbourhoods and just over 34,000 residents around Wijchen Noord and Huurlingsedam. Safety earns a reassuring 7.6 and the overall a 7.3, marks that fit a green commuter town within reach of Nijmegen. Amenities (6.7) and quiet and nature (5.8) hold up soundly. Wealth and income stay just below the middle at 5.9.
no. 4 of the 9 districts of Wijchen
Short answer: Wijchen kern scores 7.3 as a district of Wijchen, no. 4 of the 9 districts of Wijchen. Its strongest neighbourhood is De Lingert (9.7), the worst Huissteden-Zuiderpoort (2.6). The district has 39 neighbourhoods with 34,360 residents in total.
Key figures for Wijchen kern
- residents
- 34,360
- neighbourhoods
- 39
- km² of land
- 13.7
How Wijchen kern 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, 951 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 Wijchen kern looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,522 — 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 Wijchen kern, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Wijchen kern
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Wijchen kern.
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Neighbourhoods in Wijchen kern
Sorted by total grade
- 1De Lingert9.7
- 2Huurlingsedam9.6
- 3Aalsburg9.5
- 4Blauwe Hof9.4
- 5De Grippen9.4
- 6Diemewei9.3
- 7De Flier9.2
- 8De Meren9.1
- 9De gamert9.1
- 10Kronenland8.9
- 11Zevendreef8.9
- 12De Weertjes8.9
- 13Abersland8.5
- 14Sluiskamp8.4
- 15Saltshof8.3
- 16Valendries8.2
- 17Hofsedam8.1
- 18Woezik8.1
- 19De Uilenboom8.0
- 20Zesakkers7.9
- 21Wijchen Noord7.6
- 22Veenhof7.4
- 23Verspreide huizen Valendries7.4
- 24Kraaijenberg6.6
- 25De Ververt6.0
- 26Bedrijventerrein Zesweg5.9
- 27De Geer5.9
- 28Heilige Stoel5.7
- 29Verspreide huizen Woezik5.7
- 30Elsland5.1
- 31Hoogmeer4.8
- 32Diepvoorde4.7
- 33Bedrijventerrein Nieuwenweg4.7
- 34Centrum4.1
- 35Lambrasse4.0
- 36Oudelaan4.0
- 37Homberg3.5
- 38Huissteden-Zuiderpoort2.6
- –Bedrijventerrein Bijsterhuizen