district in Zutphen
Centrum - De Hoven
Centrum - De Hoven has 5 neighbourhoods with 9,750 residents in total.
Centrum - De Hoven links Zutphen's old centre with the far side of the IJssel, five neighbourhoods and over 9,700 residents around the Stadskern and Nieuwstad. Amenities are the big plus at 8.7, and quiet and nature also scores well at 5.2. Set against that is the inner-city vulnerability: safety 4.5 and wealth 4.3. With an overall of 4.9, this district reads as complete and green, but with safety and wealth holding it back.
no. 6 of the 6 districts of Zutphen
Short answer: Centrum - De Hoven scores 4.9 as a district of Zutphen, no. 6 of the 6 districts of Zutphen. Its strongest neighbourhood is De Hoven (9.1), the worst Laarstraat en omgeving (3.0). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 9,750 residents in total.
Key figures for Centrum - De Hoven
- residents
- 9,750
- neighbourhoods
- 5
- km² of land
- 8.4
How Centrum - De Hoven 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, 904 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
Centrum - De Hoven has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–158%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+33%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,218 — 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 Centrum - De Hoven, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Centrum - De Hoven
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Centrum - De Hoven.
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Neighbourhoods in Centrum - De Hoven
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