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Living in Damespolderbuurt

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

1,150 residents, 378 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost more than the Amersfoort average.

The average WOZ value in Damespolderbuurt is €586,000, 31% higher than in Amersfoort (€446,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 37%, against a rise of 35% in Amersfoort. 84% of the homes are owner-occupied, 26 percentage points more than in Amersfoort (58%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €586,000
    31% higher than Amersfoort (€446,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +37%
    higher than Amersfoort (+35%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    84%
    26 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (58%)
  • Social housing
    13%
    16 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (29%)
  • Private rent
    3%
    10 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (13%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    95%
    33 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (62%)
  • Built 2006–2015
    34%
    23 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (11%)
  • Built 2016 and later
    7%
    2 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (9%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 37% between 2021 and 2025, to €586,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€586,00031% above Amersfoort
  • +37% 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: ~€356 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€356/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 149 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €586,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€153NL median
  • Property tax (OZB)€54€51
  • Water board levy€48–
  • Waste levy€31€27
  • Sewage levy€20€22
Costs to set aside€203
  • Maintenance reserve€190–
  • Buildings insurance€13–

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 149 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €586,000.
  • 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

Damespolderbuurt has the highest WOZ value of the 3 buurten in Vathorst-Centrum.

Netherlands€398,000
Amersfoort€446,000
Damespolderbuurt€586,000
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: €586,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Damespolderbuurt586,000378–
Polderbuurt-Noord559,000642–
Winkelcentrum Vathorst386,000368–
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 84% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied84%
  • Social housing13%
  • Private rent3%
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

95% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes95%
  • Multi-family homes5%
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

59% of dwellings were built between 1992 and 2005, against 21% in the municipality of Amersfoort.

  • 1992-200559.3%
  • 2006-201533.9%
  • 2016 and later6.9%
Explanation

Based on 378 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 Amersfoort average.

In 2025, 24 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Damespolderbuurt, 45% lower than in Amersfoort (44). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 30%, 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
    24
    45% lower than Amersfoort (44)
  • Change since 2021
    -30%
    lower than Amersfoort (+11%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    0.9
    62% lower than Amersfoort (2.4)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Damespolderbuurt registered 24 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 44 in the municipality of Amersfoort.

Damespolderbuurt24
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.

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

Registered crime per year

In 2025, Damespolderbuurt registered 24 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 44 in the municipality of Amersfoort.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
2445% below Amersfoort
  • -30% since 2021
  • Amersfoort +11%
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 Damespolderbuurt is 'Theft and burglary': 14.8 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 22.0 in the municipality of Amersfoort.

DamespolderbuurtAmersfoort
  • Theft and burglary14.8
  • Traffic5.2
  • Vandalism and public order1.7
  • Violence and threats1.7
  • Fraud and scams0.9
  • Environmental0.0
  • Other and withheld0.0
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: 0.9 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.4 in the municipality of Amersfoort.

Damespolderbuurt0.88
The municipality of Amersfoort2.35
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 Amersfoort average; green space is below the Amersfoort average.

An estimated 83% of adults in Damespolderbuurt rate their own health as good, 8 percentage points more than in Amersfoort. Fewer adults feel lonely (38% against 45%), fewer report anxiety or depression (42% against 48%), fewer smoke (11% against 16%) and fewer are overweight (43% against 48%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Damespolderbuurt, covering 100% of the area, against 42% in Amersfoort.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    83%
    8 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (75%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    0%
    17 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (17%)
  • More figures
  • Lonely
    38%
    7 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (45%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    42%
    6 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (48%)
  • Smokes
    11%
    5 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (16%)
  • Overweight
    43%
    5 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (48%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    100%
    58 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (42%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    0%
    29 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (29%)
  • Recreation, share of the area
    0%
    8 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (8%)

Health

An estimated 83% 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
83.4%
75%
Smokes
10.6%
15.8%
Excessive drinking
4.4%
5.2%
Overweight
43.3%
48.1%
Lonely
37.8%
45.1%
Anxiety or depression feelings
42%
47.8%
Meets physical activity guideline
52.3%
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

0% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 17% in the municipality of Amersfoort.

  • Built-up100%
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 400 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket400 m–
GP practice1,300 m–
Primary school700 m–
Daycare500 m–
Large supermarkets–3.3
GP practices–0
Daycares–3.6
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.

Damespolderbuurt has 1,150 inhabitants (2026), or 8,212 per km² (3.1 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
    +0%
    lower than Amersfoort (+5%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    30%
    3 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (27%)
  • Never married
    53%
    2 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (51%)
  • Dutch origin
    74%
    3 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (71%)
  • Higher education (hbo, wo)
    49%
    5 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 1,150.

Residents, 2026
1,150
  • -2% since 2021
  • Amersfoort +4%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 8,212 residents per km², this buurt is 3.1 times as densely populated as the municipality of Amersfoort.

Residents per km²8,212
Dwellings per km²2,700

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 13.1 children were born per 1,000 residents; almost no one died.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

30% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 15275
  • 15 to 25170
  • 25 to 45270
  • 45 to 65350
  • 65 to 8080
  • 80 and over10

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

54% of residents are never married.

  • Never married615
  • Married460
  • Divorced55
  • Widowed20

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

74% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands845
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)90
  • Outside Europe210

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

49% of residents have a higher professional (hbo) or university (wo) education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1140
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-4290
  • Higher professional, university410

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

Damespolderbuurt has an average of 1.2 cars per household, 40% lower than in Amersfoort (2.0). 30% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 11 percentage points less than in Amersfoort (41%).

Key figures
  • Business services, share of businesses
    38%
    8 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (30%)
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    15%
    8 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (23%)
  • Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
    15%
    6 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (9%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.2
    40% lower than Amersfoort (2.0)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    30%
    11 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (41%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +10 pp
    about the same as Amersfoort (+11 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    98%
    10 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (88%)
  • Office, share of addresses
    1%
    1 percentage point lower than Amersfoort (2%)
  • Assembly, share of addresses
    0%
    1 percentage point lower than Amersfoort (1%)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    5%
    32 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Private rent
    3%
    11 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
  • Social housing
    13%
    15 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (28%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 50 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie10
Handel en horeca15
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie20
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed5
Zakelijke dienstverlening50
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg20
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten10

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

30% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 41% in the municipality of Amersfoort (2025).

  • Petrol69.7%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)30.3%
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 20% to 30% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
30%11 percentage points below Amersfoort (41%)
  • +10 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, 450 passenger cars and 25 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars450
Motorcycles25
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

98% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is office (0.5%).

  • Residential98.4%
  • Office0.5%
  • Assembly0.3%
  • Other1%
Explanation

Based on 384 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

8,212 residents per km²: 15 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²8,212
  • Multi-family dwellings5%
  • Private rent3%
  • Social housing13%
  • Single-family dwellings95%
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

06 · Nearby areas

Other neighbourhoods in Amersfoort

Other neighbourhoods in Amersfoort
Polderbuurt-Noord1,905€559,00012
Winkelcentrum Vathorst670€386,000182

Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026, Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01, CBS proximity statistics 2025, 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 neighbourhood.

How we calculate
Living in Damespolderbuurt (Amersfoort): WOZ, prices & safety