district in Zwolle
Schelle
Schelle has 9 neighbourhoods with 13,885 residents in total.
Schelle lies on the south side of Zwolle, against the IJssel floodplains, holding 13,885 residents across nine neighbourhoods. Safety and quiet & nature both score well, at 7.6 and 5.5, and for families it stands out at 8.2. The overall comes out at a firm 7.7. Wealth & income stays around the middle at 6.9, and amenities follow on 6.1. A quiet edge of the city.
no. 3 of the 16 districts of Zwolle
Short answer: Schelle scores 8.3 as a district of Zwolle, no. 3 of the 16 districts of Zwolle. Its strongest neighbourhood is Oud-Schelle (9.7), the worst Schelle-Zuid en Oldeneel (5.6). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 13,885 residents in total.
Key figures for Schelle
- residents
- 13,885
- neighbourhoods
- 9
- km² of land
- 7.7
How Schelle 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, 298 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 Schelle looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,999 — 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 Schelle, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Schelle
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Schelle.
Neighbourhoods in Schelle
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