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Living in De Velden

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Almere. Homes cost more than the average in the municipality of Almere, and registered crime per resident is lower.

1,470 residents, 590 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost more than the Almere average.

The average WOZ value in De Velden is €631,000, 59% higher than in Almere (€397,000). Between 2022 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 23%, against a rise of 28% in Almere. 98% of the homes are owner-occupied, 36 percentage points more than in Almere (62%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €631,000
    59% higher than Almere (€397,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2022
    +23%
    lower than Almere (+28%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    98%
    36 percentage points higher than Almere (62%)
  • Social housing
    0%
    27 percentage points lower than Almere (27%)
  • Private rent
    2%
    9 percentage points lower than Almere (11%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    85%
    15 percentage points higher than Almere (70%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 23% between 2022 and 2025, to €631,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€631,00059% above Almere
  • +23% since 2022
  • Almere +28%
Explanation

The WOZ value as struck on 1 January of the year before the KWB edition.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Modelled ownership costs

Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€320 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€320/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 112 m² · estimated gemeente average
  • WOZ €631,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€167NL median
  • Property tax (OZB)€57€55
  • Water board levy€50–
  • Waste levy€37€27
  • Sewage levy€23€22
Costs to set aside€153
  • Maintenance reserve€143–
  • Buildings insurance€10–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Almere's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 260th of 334 gemeenten, cheapest first.

cheapestdearest

Water board, maintenance and insurance are estimated from national rates and the home's value and size, so they aren't compared.

Explanation
  • The home: one typical home of 112 m² (estimated gemeente average) with the average WOZ value here, €631,000.
  • Levies: Almere's own OZB, sewage and waste rates for 2026. The water board levy uses national average rates.
  • Set aside: maintenance at 0.85% and buildings insurance at 0.06% a year of the rebuild cost (€1,800 per m²).
  • NL median: what the same home would pay in the middle gemeente. Gemeenten where a regional body collects the waste levy are left out.
  • Not included: mortgage and energy. These are estimates, not actual bills.

Source: Municipal levies + CBS 2026

Dwelling value ladder

De Velden has the 3rd-highest WOZ value of the 52 wijken in the municipality of Almere.

Netherlands€398,000
Almere€397,000
Overgooi€1,166,000
Vogelhorst€782,000
De Velden€631,000

Oosterwold€587,000
Noorderplassen€582,000
Duin€572,000
Buitenvaart€527,000
Nobelhorst€520,000
De Laren€513,000
Sieradenbuurt€507,000
Homeruskwartier€482,000
Literatuurwijk€429,000
Parkwijk€429,000
Explanation

Average WOZ value from the Netherlands down to this area, and its rank within its own group (e.g. buurten within the same wijk). Provincie is omitted: KWB publishes no province rows to average.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)

WOZ value and age structure

Here: €631,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
De Velden631,000590–
Centrum Almere Haven281,0001,077–
De Werven304,0001,347–
De Hoven306,0001,175–
De Meenten334,0001,039–
De Grienden368,000987–
De Marken348,0001,296–
De Gouwen386,0001,196–
De Wierden302,0001,783–
Overgooi1,166,000261–
De Laren513,000381–
De Steiger272,00037–
Centrum Almere Stad295,0002,925–
Filmwijk394,0004,499–
Danswijk376,0002,128–
Parkwijk429,0002,155–
Verzetswijk413,0001,377–
Waterwijk347,0003,184–
Tussen de Vaarten Noord368,0002,235–
Tussen de Vaarten Zuid421,0003,752–
Staatsliedenwijk244,0001,167–
Kruidenwijk344,0003,372–
Stedenwijk335,0004,216–
Muziekwijk Noord391,0004,748–
Muziekwijk Zuid370,0002,701–
Literatuurwijk429,0003,566–
Noorderplassen582,0002,871–
Hortus330,00080–
Randstad198,00062–
Explanation

Each circle is an area: position by average WOZ value, size by dwelling count. The 65-and-over share (pct_65_plus) travels on every point but is not yet drawn as a second axis.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)

Dwellings by ownership

The largest category is owner-occupied, at 98% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied98%
  • Private rent2%
Explanation

CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Dwellings by type

85% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes85%
  • Multi-family homes15%
Explanation

CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Dwellings by build period

100% of dwellings were built between 1992 and 2005, against 40% in the municipality of Almere.

  • 1992-2005100%
Explanation

Based on 590 dwellings with a registered construction year in the BAG (verblijfsobjecten whose pand has no usable bouwjaar, such as 1005 or 9999, are excluded).

Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01

02 · Safety

Less registered crime per resident than the Almere average.

In 2025, 9 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in De Velden, 78% lower than in Almere (40). Since 2022 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 10%, against a fall of 2% in Almere. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    9
    78% lower than Almere (40)
  • Change since 2022
    -10%
    lower than Almere (-2%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    2.3
    34% lower than Almere (3.5)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, De Velden registered 9 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 40 in the municipality of Almere.

De Velden9
The municipality of Almere40
Explanation

Crime is counted where it happens and divided by the number of residents, so places with many visitors — city centres, nightlife, stations — score higher.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Registered crime per year

In 2025, De Velden registered 9 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 40 in the municipality of Almere.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
8.778% below Almere
  • -10% since 2022
  • Almere -2%
Explanation

Registered crime, not all crime — CBS/Politie 47018NED. A year without a matching population figure (KWB) is left out.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Crime by category

The largest category in De Velden is 'Fraud and scams': 2.7 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 4.4 in the municipality of Almere.

De VeldenAlmere
  • Fraud and scams2.7
  • Traffic2.7
  • Theft and burglary2.0
  • Vandalism and public order0.7
  • Other and withheld0.7
  • Violence and threats0.0
  • Environmental0.0
Explanation

Four categories are structurally withheld at buurt level (sex offences, child pornography, child prostitution, other integrity offences); the gap with the published total is shown under 'other'.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Home burglary

Home burglary 2023-2025: 2.3 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 3.5 in the municipality of Almere.

De Velden2.26
The municipality of Almere3.53
Explanation

Averaged over 3 years (2023-2025) to dampen year-to-year noise at low counts.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

03 · Living environment

Residents rate their health above the Almere average; green space is above the Almere average.

An estimated 83% of adults in De Velden rate their own health as good, 10 percentage points more than in Almere. Fewer adults feel lonely (37% against 51%), fewer report anxiety or depression (36% against 50%), fewer are overweight (44% against 54%) and fewer smoke (9% against 16%). Built-up land is the largest land use in De Velden, covering 48% of the area, against 15% in Almere. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 45% of the area, 28 percentage points above the 17% in Almere.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    83%
    10 percentage points higher than Almere (73%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    45%
    28 percentage points higher than Almere (17%)
  • More figures
  • Lonely
    37%
    14 percentage points lower than Almere (51%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    36%
    14 percentage points lower than Almere (50%)
  • Overweight
    44%
    10 percentage points lower than Almere (54%)
  • Smokes
    9%
    7 percentage points lower than Almere (16%)
  • Water, share of the area
    0%
    48 percentage points lower than Almere (48%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    48%
    33 percentage points higher than Almere (15%)
  • Recreation, share of the area
    29%
    22 percentage points higher than Almere (7%)

Health

An estimated 83% of adults rate their own health as good, against 73% in the municipality of Almere (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Almere
Good self-rated health
82.9%
72.6%
Smokes
9%
16.4%
Excessive drinking
5.8%
4.3%
Overweight
44.2%
54.1%
Lonely
36.9%
50.8%
Anxiety or depression feelings
36.5%
49.5%
Meets physical activity guideline
51%
46.5%
Explanation

An RIVM model estimate (small-area estimation from the 2024 Health Monitor for Adults and Elderly), not a direct tabulation — even a buurt that was not itself surveyed gets an estimate. Figures cover adults aged 18 and over.

Source: RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024

Land use

45% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 17% in the municipality of Almere.

  • Traffic3.2%
  • Built-up48.4%
  • Other built-up1.6%
  • Recreation29%
  • Agriculture1.6%
  • Forest and nature16.1%
Explanation

Every share is calculated as a percentage of the TOTAL area (land and water together, peiljaar 2022); water is therefore one of the slices itself, not a separate whole. Green is the sum of recreational terrain (parks, sport fields, allotments, day recreation) and natural terrain (forest, open natural terrain) — agricultural land is not counted as green here.

Source: CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022

04 · Residents

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Almere.

De Velden has 1,470 inhabitants (2026), or 2,388 per km² (33% higher than in Almere). Between 2022 and 2026 the population fell 5%, against a rise of 7% in Almere. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Almere was 68%, 10 percentage points below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 19% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.

Key figures
  • Population growth since 2022
    -5%
    lower than Almere (+7%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Almere
    68%
    10 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +0%
    lower than Almere (+6%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    31%
    5 percentage points higher than Almere (26%)
  • Married
    50%
    14 percentage points higher than Almere (36%)
  • Dutch origin
    80%
    32 percentage points higher than Almere (48%)
  • Higher education (hbo, wo)
    50%
    19 percentage points higher than Almere (31%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    19%
    2 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population shrank 5% between 2022 and 2026, to 1,470.

Residents, 2026
1,470
  • -5% since 2022
  • Almere +7%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 2,388 residents per km², this wijk is 33% more densely populated than the municipality of Almere.

Residents per km²2,388
Dwellings per km²951.6

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 3.3 children were born per 1,000 residents; 6.7 died per 1,000.

2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

31% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 15235
  • 15 to 25160
  • 25 to 45235
  • 45 to 65455
  • 65 to 80335
  • 80 and over50

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

50% of residents are married.

  • Never married595
  • Married730
  • Divorced95
  • Widowed50

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

80% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands1,170
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)105
  • Outside Europe195

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

50% of residents have a higher professional (hbo) or university (wo) education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1220
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-4350
  • Higher professional, university570

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Almere; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 68% of eligible voters in Almere voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 19% of the valid votes.

Municipality of AlmereThe Netherlands
D66
16.7%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
19.2%
16.7%
VVD
14.2%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
14.1%
12.8%
CDA
6.3%
11.8%
JA21
5.7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
5%
4.5%
BBB
1.5%
2.6%
Other
17.3%
14.4%
Explanation

Official election result (Kiesraad), top 8 parties by national vote count plus 'Other'; share of valid votes. A voter may vote at any polling station in their own gemeente; there is therefore no reliable buurt- or wijk-level result. This figure is the whole gemeente's own result.

Source: Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025

05 · More figures

More figures

De Velden has an average of 1.4 cars per household. 38% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 16 percentage points less than in Almere (54%).

Key figures
  • Business services, share of businesses
    40%
    15 percentage points higher than Almere (25%)
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    4%
    9 percentage points lower than Almere (13%)
  • Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
    10%
    7 percentage points lower than Almere (17%)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    38%
    16 percentage points lower than Almere (54%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2022
    +13 pp
    lower than Almere (+16 pp)
  • Residents per km²
    2,388
    4.4 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    15%
    22 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    98%
    41 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 95 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie10
Handel en horeca25
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie30
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed10
Zakelijke dienstverlening95
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg50
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten20

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

38% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 54% in the municipality of Almere (2025).

  • Petrol62.3%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)37.7%
Explanation

CBS splits passenger cars into 'petrol' and 'other fuel' only. That second category bundles diesel, LPG, electric (including hybrid), hydrogen, alcohol, LNG and CNG together — CBS publishes no separate electric-car count per buurt, wijk or gemeente, so this is not the same as an 'electric share'.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Share on other fuel per year

The share of passenger cars not running on petrol went from 24% to 38% between 2022 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
38%16 percentage points below Almere (54%)
  • +14 pp since 2022
  • Almere +17 pp
Explanation

See the 'Passenger cars by fuel type' card for what 'other fuel' covers — this is not the share of electric cars.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Vehicles by kind

In 2025, 835 passenger cars and 70 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars835
Motorcycles70
Explanation

At this level CBS publishes only passenger cars and motorcycles, no vans or trucks.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Addresses by building use

100% of addresses are residential.

  • Residential99.8%
  • Other0.2%
Explanation

Based on 591 verblijfsobjecten in use. An object with several registered uses (e.g. a flat above a shop) is counted under each of them, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.

Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01

Biggest difference from the Netherlands

2% private rent, against 14% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Private rent2%
  • Residents per km²2,388
  • Multi-family dwellings15%
  • Owner-occupied dwellings98%
  • Average WOZ value€631,000
Explanation

The 5 characteristics that differ most from the national average, ranked by log ratio (so a halving and a doubling count as equally different); the shown percentage is the ordinary difference against the Netherlands.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

06 · Neighbourhoods

Compare the neighbourhoods of De Velden

Compare the neighbourhoods of De Velden
De Velden Noord500€753,00014
De Velden Zuid970€574,0006

Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026, Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01, CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025, Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025, RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024, CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022, Municipal levies + CBS 2026. Figures describe the whole district.

How we calculate
Living in De Velden (Almere): WOZ, prices & areas