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Living in De Ham

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.

1,690 residents, 736 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 De Ham is €516,000, 16% higher than in Amersfoort (€446,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 28%, against a rise of 35% in Amersfoort. 66% of the homes are owner-occupied, 8 percentage points more than in Amersfoort (58%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €516,000
    16% higher than Amersfoort (€446,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +28%
    lower than Amersfoort (+35%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    66%
    8 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (58%)
  • Social housing
    20%
    9 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (29%)
  • Private rent
    13%
    about the same as Amersfoort (13%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    86%
    24 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (62%)
  • Built 1992–2005
    8%
    13 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (21%)
  • Built before 1945
    4%
    11 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (15%)
  • Built 2016 and later
    1%
    8 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (9%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 28% between 2021 and 2025, to €516,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€516,00016% above Amersfoort
  • +28% 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: ~€322 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€322/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 130 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €516,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€144NL median
  • Property tax (OZB)€47€45
  • Water board levy€46–
  • Waste levy€31€27
  • Sewage levy€20€22
Costs to set aside€178
  • Maintenance reserve€166–
  • Buildings insurance€12–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Amersfoort's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 193rd 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 130 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €516,000.
  • 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

De Ham has the 2nd-highest WOZ value of the 7 buurten in Hoogland.

Netherlands€398,000
Amersfoort€446,000
Hoogland€473,000
De Biezen€596,000
De Ham€516,000

De Bik€497,000
Bieshaar-Zuid€475,000
Bieshaar-Noord€450,000
Langenoord€443,000
De Brinken€421,000
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: €516,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
De Ham516,000736–
Langenoord443,000758–
Bieshaar-Noord450,000994–
Bieshaar-Zuid475,000613–
De Bik497,000574–
De Brinken421,000350–
De Biezen596,000141–
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 66% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied66%
  • Social housing20%
  • Private rent13%
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

86% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes86%
  • Multi-family homes14%
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

73% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 23% in the municipality of Amersfoort.

  • Before 19453.5%
  • 1945-19643.8%
  • 1965-19748.2%
  • 1975-199172.8%
  • 1992-20058.4%
  • 2006-20152.7%
  • 2016 and later0.5%
Explanation

Based on 736 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, 29 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in De Ham, 34% lower than in Amersfoort (44). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 16%, 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
    29
    34% lower than Amersfoort (44)
  • Change since 2021
    +16%
    higher than Amersfoort (+11%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    2.7
    13% higher than Amersfoort (2.4)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, De Ham registered 29 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 44 in the municipality of Amersfoort.

De Ham29
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, De Ham registered 29 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 44 in the municipality of Amersfoort.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
2934% below Amersfoort
  • +16% 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 De Ham is 'Theft and burglary': 11.8 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 22.0 in the municipality of Amersfoort.

De HamAmersfoort
  • Theft and burglary11.8
  • Fraud and scams7.7
  • Traffic5.3
  • Vandalism and public order2.4
  • Violence and threats1.8
  • 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: 2.7 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.4 in the municipality of Amersfoort.

De Ham2.72
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

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2024, police in De Ham registered 1 traffic accidents, of which 1 with injury and none fatal.

2020
2021
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 above the Amersfoort average.

An estimated 78% of adults in De Ham rate their own health as good, 3 percentage points more than in Amersfoort. Fewer adults report anxiety or depression (41% against 48%), fewer feel lonely (39% against 45%) and fewer smoke (12% against 16%), but more drink excessively (6% against 5%). Built-up land is the largest land use in De Ham, covering 74% of the area, against 42% in Amersfoort. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 24% of the area, 7 percentage points above the 17% in Amersfoort.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    78%
    3 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (75%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    24%
    7 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (17%)
  • More figures
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    41%
    7 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (48%)
  • Lonely
    39%
    6 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (45%)
  • Smokes
    12%
    4 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (16%)
  • Overweight
    47%
    1 percentage point lower than Amersfoort (48%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    74%
    32 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (42%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    0%
    29 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (29%)
  • Recreation, share of the area
    24%
    16 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (8%)

Health

An estimated 78% 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
77.9%
75%
Smokes
11.5%
15.8%
Excessive drinking
5.5%
5.2%
Overweight
46.6%
48.1%
Lonely
39.3%
45.1%
Anxiety or depression feelings
41.2%
47.8%
Meets physical activity guideline
52%
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

24% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 17% in the municipality of Amersfoort.

  • Traffic2.4%
  • Built-up73.8%
  • Recreation23.8%
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 500 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket500 m–
GP practice600 m–
Primary school600 m–
Daycare600 m–
Large supermarkets–2.3
GP practices–1.3
Daycares–2.5
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.

De Ham has 1,690 inhabitants (2026), or 4,032 per km² (54% higher than in Amersfoort). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 4%, 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
    -4%
    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
    32%
    5 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (27%)
  • Married
    47%
    10 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (37%)
  • Dutch origin
    85%
    14 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (71%)
  • Higher education (hbo, wo)
    47%
    3 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 4% between 2021 and 2026, to 1,690.

Residents, 2026
1,690
  • -4% since 2021
  • Amersfoort +4%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 4,032 residents per km², this buurt is 54% more densely populated than the municipality of Amersfoort.

Residents per km²4,032
Dwellings per km²1,752.4

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 5.9 children were born per 1,000 residents; 2.9 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

32% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 15225
  • 15 to 25180
  • 25 to 45300
  • 45 to 65535
  • 65 to 80370
  • 80 and over80

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

48% of residents are married.

  • Never married705
  • Married805
  • Divorced120
  • Widowed65

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

85% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands1,425
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)85
  • Outside Europe175

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

47% of residents have a higher professional (hbo) or university (wo) education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1220
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-4480
  • Higher professional, university610

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

De Ham has an average of 1.1 cars per household, 45% lower than in Amersfoort (2.0). 26% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 15 percentage points less than in Amersfoort (41%).

Key figures
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    27%
    4 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (23%)
  • Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
    6%
    3 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (9%)
  • Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
    14%
    3 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (11%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.1
    45% lower than Amersfoort (2.0)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    26%
    15 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (41%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +7 pp
    lower than Amersfoort (+11 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    95%
    7 percentage points higher than Amersfoort (88%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    0%
    2 percentage points lower than Amersfoort (2%)
  • Sports, share of addresses
    1%
    1 percentage point higher than Amersfoort (0%)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    14%
    23 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Social housing
    20%
    8 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (28%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    86%
    23 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 75 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie20
Handel en horeca30
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie15
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed10
Zakelijke dienstverlening75
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg70
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten35

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

26% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 41% in the municipality of Amersfoort (2025).

  • Petrol73.7%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)26.3%
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 19% to 26% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
26%15 percentage points below Amersfoort (41%)
  • +7 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, 835 passenger cars and 90 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars835
Motorcycles90
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

95% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is retail (1%).

  • Residential95%
  • Retail1.4%
  • Assembly1.2%
  • Healthcare0.1%
  • Industrial0.4%
  • Education0.3%
  • Sports0.8%
  • Other1.5%
Explanation

Based on 775 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

4,032 residents per km²: 7.5 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²4,032
  • Multi-family dwellings14%
  • Social housing20%
  • Single-family dwellings86%
  • Average WOZ value€516,000
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) 2026

06 · Nearby areas

Other neighbourhoods in Amersfoort

Other neighbourhoods in Amersfoort
De Biezen350€596,0008
De Bik1,485€497,00014
Bieshaar-Zuid1,315€475,00020
Bieshaar-Noord2,410€450,00012
Langenoord1,605€443,00012

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, BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024, 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 De Ham (Amersfoort): WOZ, prices & safety