The population is shrinking, while it grows in Amersfoort. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Amersfoort, and registered crime per resident is higher.
The average WOZ value in Beestenmarkt is €372,000, 17% lower than in Amersfoort (€446,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 24%, against a rise of 35% in Amersfoort. 55% of the homes are owner-occupied, 3 percentage points less than in Amersfoort (58%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€372,000
▼17% lower than Amersfoort (€446,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+24%
▼lower than Amersfoort (+35%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
55%
▼3 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (58%)
Social housing
10%
▼19 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (29%)
Private rent
35%
▲22 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (13%)
Single-family dwellings
8%
▼54 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (62%)
Built 1965–1974
1%
▼10 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (11%)
Built 2006–2015
5%
▼6 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (11%)
Built before 1945
19%
▲4 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (15%)
Average WOZ value
€372,000
▼17% lower than Amersfoort (€446,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+24%
▼lower than Amersfoort (+35%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
55%
▼3 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (58%)
Social housing
10%
▼19 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (29%)
Private rent
35%
▲22 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (13%)
Single-family dwellings
8%
▼54 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (62%)
Built 1965–1974
1%
▼10 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (11%)
Built 2006–2015
5%
▼6 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (11%)
Built before 1945
19%
▲4 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (15%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 24% between 2021 and 2025, to €372,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€372,000▼ 17% below Amersfoort
+24% since 2021
Amersfoort +35%
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: ~€250 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€250/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
90 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €372,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€127NL median
Water board levy€42–
Property tax (OZB)€34€33
Waste levy€31€27
Sewage levy€20€22
Costs to set aside€123
Maintenance reserve€115–
Buildings insurance€8–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Amersfoort's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 192nd 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 90 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €372,000.
Levies: Amersfoort'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
Beestenmarkt has the 3rd-lowest WOZ value of the 9 buurten in Stadskern.
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: €372,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Beestenmarkt
372,000
657
–
Hof
379,000
414
–
Nieuwstraat e.o.
490,000
269
–
Mooierstraat e.o.
512,000
100
–
Lieve Vrouwekerkhof
398,000
296
–
Coninckstraat e.o.
377,000
794
–
Grote Haag
372,000
331
–
Stadhuisplein
313,000
343
–
Schimmelpenninckbuurt
482,000
185
–
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 55% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied55%
Social housing10%
Private rent35%
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
92% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.
Single-family homes8%
Multi-family homes92%
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
55% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 23% in the municipality of Amersfoort.
Before 194518.9%
1965-19740.8%
1975-199155.4%
1992-200520.4%
2006-20154.5%
Explanation
Based on 662 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
More registered crime per resident than the Amersfoort average.
In 2025, 155 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Beestenmarkt, 3.5 times as high as in Amersfoort (44). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 89%, against a rise of 11% in Amersfoort. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
155
▲3.5 times as high as Amersfoort (44)
Change since 2021
+89%
▲higher than Amersfoort (+11%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
1.0
▼58% lower than Amersfoort (2.4)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
155
▲3.5 times as high as Amersfoort (44)
Change since 2021
+89%
▲higher than Amersfoort (+11%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
1.0
▼58% lower than Amersfoort (2.4)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Beestenmarkt registered 155 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 44 in the municipality of Amersfoort.
Beestenmarkt155
The municipality of Amersfoort44
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.
The largest category in Beestenmarkt is 'Theft and burglary': 128.5 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 22.0 in the municipality of Amersfoort.
BeestenmarktAmersfoort
Theft and burglary128.5
Amersfoort 22.0▲ +484% vs Amersfoort
Vandalism and public order10.6
Amersfoort 5.3▲ +100% vs Amersfoort
Violence and threats6.8
Amersfoort 4.1▲ +66% vs Amersfoort
Fraud and scams2.9
Amersfoort 4.0▼ −28% vs Amersfoort
Traffic2.9
Amersfoort 6.9▼ −58% vs Amersfoort
Other and withheld1.9
Amersfoort 1.7▲ +12% vs Amersfoort
Environmental1.0
Amersfoort 0.2▲ +400% vs Amersfoort
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'.
In 2024, police in Beestenmarkt registered 1 traffic accidents, of which 0 with injury and 1 fatal.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
FatalInjuryMaterial damage only
Explanation
Registered accidents (BRON, Rijkswaterstaat); material-damage-only accidents have not been systematically registered since roughly 2010 and are not comparable between areas. This area shows only accidents with an exactly known location (roughly 80-85% of all registered accidents); the rest is known only at street, intersection or gemeente level. The comparison with the gemeente therefore also uses only the gemeente's exactly-located accidents, which is why that figure is lower than on the gemeente's own page.
Source: BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024
03 · Living environment
Residents rate their health above the Amersfoort average; green space is about the Amersfoort average.
An estimated 77% of adults in Beestenmarkt rate their own health as good, 2 percentage points more than in Amersfoort. Fewer adults are overweight (40% against 48%), but more meet the physical activity guideline (55% against 51%), more drink excessively (8% against 5%) and more report anxiety or depression (51% against 48%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Beestenmarkt, covering 67% of the area, against 42% in Amersfoort. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 17% of the area, in line with the 17% in Amersfoort.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
77%
▲2 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (75%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
17%
=about the same as Amersfoort (17%)
More figures
Overweight
40%
▼8 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (48%)
Meets physical activity guideline
55%
▲4 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (51%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
51%
▲3 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (48%)
Smokes
18%
▲2 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (16%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼29 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (29%)
Built-up, share of the area
67%
▲25 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (42%)
Forest and nature, share of the area
0%
▼8 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (8%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
77%
▲2 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (75%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
17%
=about the same as Amersfoort (17%)
More figures
Overweight
40%
▼8 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (48%)
Meets physical activity guideline
55%
▲4 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (51%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
51%
▲3 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (48%)
Smokes
18%
▲2 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (16%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼29 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (29%)
Built-up, share of the area
67%
▲25 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (42%)
Forest and nature, share of the area
0%
▼8 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (8%)
Health
An estimated 77% of adults rate their own health as good, against 75% in the municipality of Amersfoort (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Amersfoort
Good self-rated health
77%
75%
Smokes
18.5%
15.8%
Excessive drinking
7.5%
5.2%
Overweight
40.1%
48.1%
Lonely
45.6%
45.1%
Anxiety or depression feelings
51%
47.8%
Meets physical activity guideline
55.1%
50.6%
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
17% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 17% in the municipality of Amersfoort.
Traffic8.3%
Built-up66.7%
Recreation16.7%
Water8.3%
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
Distance to amenities
A large supermarket lies here at an average road distance of 300 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
300 m
–
GP practice
800 m
–
Primary school
900 m
–
Daycare
800 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
5.1
GP practices
–
1.4
Daycares
–
2.2
Explanation
Average road distance from every address in this buurt to the nearest amenity, and the average count within 1 km — a buurt average, not a distance from one address.
Source: CBS proximity statistics 2025
04 · Residents
The population is shrinking, while it grows in Amersfoort.
Beestenmarkt has 1,030 inhabitants (2026), or 9,616 per km² (3.7 times as high as in Amersfoort). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 2%, against a rise of 4% in Amersfoort. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Amersfoort was 82%, 4 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 had the highest share there: 22% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.
Key figures
Population growth since 2021
-2%
▼lower than Amersfoort (+4%)
Turnout, municipality of Amersfoort
82%
▲4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+2%
▼lower than Amersfoort (+5%)
Aged 25 to 45
41%
▲13 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (28%)
Never married
63%
▲12 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (51%)
Dutch origin
74%
▲3 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (71%)
Higher education (hbo, wo)
70%
▲26 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (44%)
D66, share of the vote
22%
▲5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
-2%
▼lower than Amersfoort (+4%)
Turnout, municipality of Amersfoort
82%
▲4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+2%
▼lower than Amersfoort (+5%)
Aged 25 to 45
41%
▲13 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (28%)
Never married
63%
▲12 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (51%)
Dutch origin
74%
▲3 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (71%)
Higher education (hbo, wo)
70%
▲26 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (44%)
D66, share of the vote
22%
▲5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population shrank 2% between 2021 and 2026, to 1,030.
Residents, 2026
1,030
-2% since 2021
Amersfoort +4%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 9,616 residents per km², this buurt is 3.7 times as densely populated as the municipality of Amersfoort.
Residents per km²9,616
Dwellings per km²5,972.7
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 4.8 children were born per 1,000 residents; 19.3 died per 1,000.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
41% of residents are between 25 and 45.
0 to 1560
15 to 2595
25 to 45420
45 to 65220
65 to 80155
80 and over75
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
63% of residents are never married.
Never married650
Married230
Divorced100
Widowed55
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
74% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands760
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)110
Outside Europe155
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Education level of residents aged 15 to 75
70% of residents have a higher professional (hbo) or university (wo) education.
Havo, vwo, mbo2-4230
Higher professional, university540
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Amersfoort; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 82% of eligible voters in Amersfoort voted. The largest party was D66 with 22% of the valid votes.
Municipality of AmersfoortThe Netherlands
D66
21.9%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
10.3%
16.7%
VVD
12.6%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
17%
12.8%
CDA
11.2%
11.8%
JA21
5.1%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
3.4%
4.5%
BBB
1.2%
2.6%
Other
17.4%
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
Beestenmarkt has an average of 0.7 cars per household, 65% lower than in Amersfoort (2.0). 20% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 21 percentage points less than in Amersfoort (41%).
Key figures
Government, education and care, share of businesses
11%
▼12 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (23%)
Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
18%
▲7 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (11%)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
18%
▲4 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (14%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.7
▼65% lower than Amersfoort (2.0)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
20%
▼21 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (41%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+5 pp
▼lower than Amersfoort (+11 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
77%
▼11 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (88%)
Retail, share of addresses
5%
▲3 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (2%)
Industrial, share of addresses
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (2%)
Single-family dwellings
8%
▼55 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Social housing
10%
▼18 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (28%)
Private rent
35%
▲21 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
11%
▼12 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (23%)
Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
18%
▲7 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (11%)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
18%
▲4 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (14%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.7
▼65% lower than Amersfoort (2.0)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
20%
▼21 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (41%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+5 pp
▼lower than Amersfoort (+11 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
77%
▼11 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (88%)
Retail, share of addresses
5%
▲3 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (2%)
Industrial, share of addresses
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (2%)
Single-family dwellings
8%
▼55 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Social housing
10%
▼18 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (28%)
Private rent
35%
▲21 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Business establishments by sector
Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 75 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie15
Handel en horeca40
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie20
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed10
Zakelijke dienstverlening75
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg25
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten40
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
20% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 41% in the municipality of Amersfoort (2025).
Petrol79.6%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)20.4%
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 15% to 20% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
20%▼ 21 percentage points below Amersfoort (41%)
+5 pp since 2021
Amersfoort +11 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, 465 passenger cars and 40 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars465
Motorcycles40
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
77% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is retail (5%).
Residential77.1%
Retail5.4%
Office0.5%
Assembly0.8%
Industrial0.3%
Lodging0.1%
Other16.5%
Explanation
Based on 859 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
9,616 residents per km²: 18 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.
This areaThe Netherlands
Residents per km²9,616
NL 539▲ +1684% vs NL
Single-family dwellings8%
NL 63%▼ −87% vs NL
Social housing10%
NL 28%▼ −64% vs NL
Private rent35%
NL 14%▲ +150% vs NL
Multi-family dwellings92%
NL 37%▲ +149% vs NL
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) 2026