district in Zwolle
Holtenbroek
Holtenbroek has 4 neighbourhoods with 10,080 residents in total.
Holtenbroek in Zwolle consists of four numbered sub-districts, together over 10,000 residents, a classic post-war housing scheme by the IJssel. Amenities are strongest at 7.9. The rest scores low: safety 3.7 and wealth 3.1, the weakest point. Quiet and nature comes in at 5.2, just below the middle. The overall of 4.2 ranks among the weaker in the set: accessible and complete, but with real livability challenges.
no. 15 of the 16 districts of Zwolle
Short answer: Holtenbroek scores 4.2 as a district of Zwolle, no. 15 of the 16 districts of Zwolle. Its strongest neighbourhood is Holtenbroek I (7.6), the worst Holtenbroek IV (2.8). The district has 4 neighbourhoods with 10,080 residents in total.
Key figures for Holtenbroek
- residents
- 10,080
- neighbourhoods
- 4
- km² of land
- 2.1
How Holtenbroek 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, 598 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
Holtenbroek has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4532%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,933 — 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 Holtenbroek, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Holtenbroek
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Holtenbroek.
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Neighbourhoods in Holtenbroek
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