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Living in Vaassen

The population is growing about as fast as in Epe. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Epe, and registered crime per resident is lower.

12,925 residents, 5,641 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Epe average.

The average WOZ value in Vaassen is €413,000, 10% lower than in Epe (€459,000). Between 2014 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 75%, against a rise of 73% in Epe. 62% of the homes are owner-occupied, 3 percentage points less than in Epe (65%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €413,000
    10% lower than Epe (€459,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2014
    +75%
    higher than Epe (+73%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    62%
    3 percentage points lower than Epe (65%)
  • Social housing
    32%
    5 percentage points higher than Epe (27%)
  • Private rent
    6%
    2 percentage points lower than Epe (8%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    79%
    1 percentage point higher than Epe (78%)
  • Built before 1945
    15%
    3 percentage points lower than Epe (18%)
  • Built 1945–1964
    11%
    3 percentage points lower than Epe (14%)
  • Built 2006–2015
    8%
    2 percentage points higher than Epe (6%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 75% between 2014 and 2025, to €413,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€413,00010% below Epe
  • +75% since 2014
  • Epe +73%
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: ~€311 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€311/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 137 m² · estimated gemeente average
  • WOZ €413,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€124NL median
  • Water board levy€43–
  • Waste levy€33€27
  • Property tax (OZB)€27€36
  • Sewage levy€21€22
Costs to set aside€187
  • Maintenance reserve€175–
  • Buildings insurance€12–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Epe's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 109th 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 137 m² (estimated gemeente average) with the average WOZ value here, €413,000.
  • Levies: Epe'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

Vaassen has the lowest WOZ value of the 4 wijken in the municipality of Epe.

Netherlands€398,000
Epe€459,000
Emst€574,000
Oene€530,000
Epe€468,000
Vaassen€413,000
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: €413,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Vaassen413,0005,641–
Epe468,0007,443–
Emst574,0001,285–
Oene530,000636–
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 62% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied62%
  • Social housing32%
  • Private rent6%
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

79% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes79%
  • Multi-family homes21%
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

27% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 23% in the municipality of Epe.

  • Before 194514.7%
  • 1945-196411.2%
  • 1965-197422.8%
  • 1975-199127.2%
  • 1992-20059.5%
  • 2006-20158.2%
  • 2016 and later6.3%
Explanation

Based on 5,792 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 Epe average.

In 2025, 22 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Vaassen, 4% lower than in Epe (23). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 22%, against a fall of 16% in Epe. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    22
    4% lower than Epe (23)
  • Change since 2021
    -22%
    lower than Epe (-16%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    4.3
    48% higher than Epe (2.9)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Vaassen registered 22 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 23 in the municipality of Epe.

Vaassen22
The municipality of Epe23
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, Vaassen registered 22 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 23 in the municipality of Epe.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
224% below Epe
  • -22% since 2021
  • Epe -16%
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 Vaassen is 'Theft and burglary': 6.0 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 6.9 in the municipality of Epe.

VaassenEpe
  • Theft and burglary6.0
  • Traffic5.5
  • Fraud and scams3.6
  • Vandalism and public order3.2
  • Violence and threats1.8
  • Other and withheld1.7
  • 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: 4.3 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.9 in the municipality of Epe.

Vaassen4.25
The municipality of Epe2.91
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 Vaassen registered 64 traffic accidents, of which 8 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 below the Epe average; green space is above the Epe average.

An estimated 74% of adults in Vaassen rate their own health as good, 2 percentage points less than in Epe. More adults feel lonely (44% against 42%), more smoke (15% against 14%), more are overweight (55% against 54%) and more report anxiety or depression (44% against 43%). Forest and natural land is the largest land use in Vaassen, covering 54% of the area, against 48% in Epe. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 55% of the area, 4 percentage points above the 51% in Epe.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    74%
    2 percentage points lower than Epe (76%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    55%
    4 percentage points higher than Epe (51%)
  • More figures
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    44%
    1 percentage point higher than Epe (43%)
  • Overweight
    55%
    1 percentage point higher than Epe (54%)
  • Lonely
    44%
    2 percentage points higher than Epe (42%)
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    46%
    1 percentage point lower than Epe (47%)
  • Forest and nature, share of the area
    54%
    6 percentage points higher than Epe (48%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    36%
    5 percentage points lower than Epe (41%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    7%
    1 percentage point higher than Epe (6%)

Health

An estimated 74% of adults rate their own health as good, against 76% in the municipality of Epe (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Epe
Good self-rated health
74.4%
75.5%
Smokes
14.8%
14.3%
Excessive drinking
5.5%
5.7%
Overweight
54.9%
53.5%
Lonely
43.5%
42.2%
Anxiety or depression feelings
44.2%
42.7%
Meets physical activity guideline
46%
46.7%
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

55% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 51% in the municipality of Epe.

  • Traffic1.6%
  • Built-up6.7%
  • Other built-up0.2%
  • Recreation1.5%
  • Agriculture35.7%
  • Forest and nature53.9%
  • Water0.3%
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

04 · Residents

The population is growing about as fast as the Epe average.

Vaassen has 12,925 inhabitants (2026), or 276 per km² (28% higher than in Epe). Between 2014 and 2026 the population rose 4%, the same as in Epe. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Epe was 84%, 6 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 18% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.

Key figures
  • Population growth since 2014
    +4%
    about the same as Epe (+4%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Epe
    84%
    6 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +7%
    lower than Epe (+9%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    26%
    1 percentage point lower than Epe (27%)
  • Married
    45%
    1 percentage point lower than Epe (46%)
  • Dutch origin
    84%
    1 percentage point lower than Epe (85%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    45%
    about the same as Epe (45%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    18%
    1 percentage point higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population grew 4% between 2014 and 2026, to 12,925.

Residents, 2026
12,925
  • +4% since 2014
  • Epe +4%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 276 residents per km², this wijk is 28% more densely populated than the municipality of Epe.

Residents per km²276
Dwellings per km²120.6

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 8.7 children were born per 1,000 residents; 11.1 died per 1,000.

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

26% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 151,980
  • 15 to 251,345
  • 25 to 452,875
  • 45 to 653,340
  • 65 to 802,435
  • 80 and over950

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

45% of residents are married.

  • Never married5,400
  • Married5,850
  • Divorced855
  • Widowed820

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

84% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands10,795
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)530
  • Outside Europe1,595

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

45% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo12,800
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-44,090
  • Higher professional, university2,150

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Epe; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 84% of eligible voters in Epe voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 18% of the valid votes.

Municipality of EpeThe Netherlands
D66
13.4%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
18%
16.7%
VVD
16.4%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
8.3%
12.8%
CDA
14.2%
11.8%
JA21
6%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
5.1%
4.5%
BBB
4.1%
2.6%
Other
14.4%
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

Vaassen has an average of 1.3 cars per household, about the same as in Epe (1.3). 21% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 1 percentage point less than in Epe (22%).

Key figures
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    16%
    1 percentage point higher than Epe (15%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    21%
    2 percentage points lower than Epe (23%)
  • Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
    19%
    1 percentage point higher than Epe (18%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.3
    about the same as Epe (1.3)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    21%
    1 percentage point lower than Epe (22%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2014
    +2 pp
    about the same as Epe (+2 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    89%
    3 percentage points higher than Epe (86%)
  • Lodging, share of addresses
    1%
    3 percentage points lower than Epe (4%)
  • Healthcare, share of addresses
    1%
    1 percentage point lower than Epe (2%)
  • Residents per km²
    276
    49% lower than the Netherlands (539)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    21%
    16 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    79%
    16 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 310 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij70
Nijverheid en energie240
Handel en horeca280
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie85
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed85
Zakelijke dienstverlening310
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg235
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten155

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

21% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 22% in the municipality of Epe (2025).

  • Petrol79.3%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)20.7%
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 18% to 21% between 2014 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
21%1 percentage point below Epe (22%)
  • +3 pp since 2014
  • Epe +2 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, 6,925 passenger cars and 625 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars6,925
Motorcycles625
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

89% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (6%).

  • Residential89.1%
  • Retail1.4%
  • Office1%
  • Assembly0.8%
  • Healthcare1%
  • Industrial5.5%
  • Lodging1%
  • Education0.1%
  • Sports0.2%
  • Other4.4%
Explanation

Based on 6,499 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

6% private rent, against 14% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Private rent6%
  • Residents per km²276
  • Multi-family dwellings21%
  • Single-family dwellings79%
  • Social housing32%
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 Vaassen

Compare the neighbourhoods of Vaassen
Buitengebied Vaassen1,845€694,00036
Vulcanus - de Pirk1,125€487,00014
Krugerstraat Noord590€484,00013
Berkenoord 1840€396,00018
Heggerenk1,720€391,00015

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

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