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Living in Urk

The population is growing about as fast as in Urk. Homes cost about the same as the average in the municipality of Urk, and registered crime per resident is about the same.

22,430 residents, 7,213 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost about the same as the Urk average.

The average WOZ value in Urk is €359,000, about the same as in Urk (€359,000). Between 2014 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 85%, the same as in Urk. 77% of the homes are owner-occupied, about the same as in Urk (77%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €359,000
    about the same as Urk (€359,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2014
    +85%
    about the same as Urk (+85%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    77%
    about the same as Urk (77%)
  • Social housing
    14%
    about the same as Urk (14%)
  • Private rent
    9%
    about the same as Urk (9%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    82%
    about the same as Urk (82%)
  • Built before 1945
    6%
    about the same as Urk (6%)
  • Built 1945–1964
    11%
    about the same as Urk (11%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    10%
    about the same as Urk (10%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 85% between 2014 and 2025, to €359,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€359,000about the same as Urk
  • +85% since 2014
  • Urk +85%
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: ~€328 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€328/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 127 m² · estimated gemeente average
  • WOZ €359,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€155NL median
  • Property tax (OZB)€43€32
  • Water board levy€42–
  • Sewage levy€36€22
  • Waste levy€34€27
Costs to set aside€173
  • Maintenance reserve€162–
  • Buildings insurance€11–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Urk's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 329th 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 127 m² (estimated gemeente average) with the average WOZ value here, €359,000.
  • Levies: Urk'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

Average WOZ value: €359,000

Netherlands€398,000
Urk€359,000
Urk€359,000
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)

Dwellings by ownership

The largest category is owner-occupied, at 77% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied77%
  • Social housing14%
  • Private rent9%
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

82% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes82%
  • Multi-family homes18%
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

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

  • Before 19456.4%
  • 1945-196410.6%
  • 1965-197410%
  • 1975-199122.7%
  • 1992-200519.4%
  • 2006-201514.3%
  • 2016 and later16.6%
Explanation

Based on 7,441 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

About as much registered crime per resident as the Urk average.

In 2025, 15 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Urk, about the same as in Urk (15). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 42%, the same as in Urk. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    15
    about the same as Urk (15)
  • Change since 2021
    -42%
    about the same as Urk (-42%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    0.6
    about the same as Urk (0.6)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Urk registered 15 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 15 in the municipality of Urk.

Urk15
The municipality of Urk15
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, Urk registered 15 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 15 in the municipality of Urk.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
15about the same as Urk
  • -42% since 2021
  • Urk -42%
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 Urk is 'Theft and burglary': 4.4 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 4.4 in the municipality of Urk.

UrkUrk
  • Theft and burglary4.4
  • Vandalism and public order2.9
  • Traffic2.8
  • Violence and threats2.4
  • Fraud and scams1.9
  • Other and withheld0.8
  • Environmental0.1
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: 0.6 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 0.6 in the municipality of Urk.

Urk0.55
The municipality of Urk0.55
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 Urk registered 28 traffic accidents, of which 10 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 about average; green space is above the Urk average.

An estimated 79% of adults in Urk rate their own health as good, about the same as in Urk. Agricultural land is the largest land use in Urk, covering 37% of the area, against 4% in Urk. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 23% of the area, 20 percentage points above the 3% in Urk.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    79%
    about the same as Urk (79%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    23%
    20 percentage points higher than Urk (3%)
  • More figures
  • Smokes
    18%
    about the same as Urk (18%)
  • Excessive drinking
    4%
    about the same as Urk (4%)
  • Overweight
    54%
    about the same as Urk (54%)
  • Lonely
    35%
    about the same as Urk (35%)
  • Water, share of the area
    2%
    86 percentage points lower than Urk (88%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    37%
    33 percentage points higher than Urk (4%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    32%
    28 percentage points higher than Urk (4%)

Health

An estimated 79% of adults rate their own health as good, against 79% in the municipality of Urk (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Urk
Good self-rated health
78.7%
78.7%
Smokes
18.5%
18.5%
Excessive drinking
4.5%
4.5%
Overweight
53.7%
53.7%
Lonely
35.3%
35.3%
Anxiety or depression feelings
36.8%
36.8%
Meets physical activity guideline
49.2%
49.2%
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

23% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 3% in the municipality of Urk.

  • Traffic2.2%
  • Built-up31.7%
  • Other built-up4.7%
  • Recreation6%
  • Agriculture36.6%
  • Forest and nature16.8%
  • Water1.9%
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 Urk average.

Urk has 22,430 inhabitants (2026), or 1,704 per km² (about the same as in Urk). Between 2014 and 2026 the population rose 15%, the same as in Urk. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Urk was 89%, 11 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 17% 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
    +15%
    about the same as Urk (+15%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Urk
    89%
    11 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +20%
    about the same as Urk (+20%)
  • Aged 25 to 45
    27%
    about the same as Urk (27%)
  • Never married
    50%
    about the same as Urk (50%)
  • Dutch origin
    94%
    about the same as Urk (94%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    52%
    about the same as Urk (52%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    17%
    about the same as the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population grew 15% between 2014 and 2026, to 22,430.

Residents, 2026
22,430
  • +15% since 2014
  • Urk +15%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 1,704 residents per km², this wijk is 0% more densely populated than the municipality of Urk.

Residents per km²1,704
Dwellings per km²548.1

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 17.4 children were born per 1,000 residents; 5.6 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

27% of residents are between 25 and 45.

  • 0 to 155,850
  • 15 to 253,650
  • 25 to 456,005
  • 45 to 654,470
  • 65 to 801,920
  • 80 and over535

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

50% of residents are never married.

  • Never married11,135
  • Married10,100
  • Divorced485
  • Widowed715

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

94% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands21,150
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)455
  • Outside Europe820

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

52% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo15,420
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-47,880
  • Higher professional, university1,890

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Urk; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 89% of eligible voters in Urk voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 17% of the valid votes.

Municipality of UrkThe Netherlands
D66
0.7%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
17.3%
16.7%
VVD
1.2%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
0.6%
12.8%
CDA
6.1%
11.8%
JA21
1.7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
9%
4.5%
BBB
2.9%
2.6%
Other
60.6%
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

Urk has an average of 1.2 cars per household, about the same as in Urk (1.2). 28% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 1 percentage point less than in Urk (29%).

Key figures
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.2
    about the same as Urk (1.2)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    28%
    1 percentage point lower than Urk (29%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2014
    +8 pp
    about the same as Urk (+8 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    84%
    about the same as Urk (84%)
  • Retail, share of addresses
    2%
    about the same as Urk (2%)
  • Office, share of addresses
    1%
    about the same as Urk (1%)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    18%
    19 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Social housing
    14%
    14 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (28%)
  • Private rent
    9%
    5 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)

Business establishments by sector

Nijverheid en energie is the largest sector, with 640 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij110
Nijverheid en energie640
Handel en horeca505
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie250
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed135
Zakelijke dienstverlening480
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg260
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten215

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

28% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 29% in the municipality of Urk (2025).

  • Petrol71.5%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)28.5%
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 28% between 2014 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
28%1 percentage point below Urk (29%)
  • +8 pp since 2014
  • Urk +8 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, 8,370 passenger cars and 440 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars8,370
Motorcycles440
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

84% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (9%).

  • Residential83.7%
  • Retail1.9%
  • Office1.1%
  • Assembly1.5%
  • Healthcare3.4%
  • Industrial8.7%
  • Lodging0.4%
  • Education0.2%
  • Sports0.2%
  • Other3.3%
Explanation

Based on 8,886 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

1,704 residents per km²: 3.2 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²1,704
  • Multi-family dwellings18%
  • Social housing14%
  • Private rent9%
  • Owner-occupied dwellings77%
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 · Neighbourhoods

Compare the neighbourhoods of Urk

Compare the neighbourhoods of Urk
Havens en industrieterrein430€466,00062
Urkerland2,120€403,0006
De Staart5,800€391,0009
De Reede1,675€366,00014
Urkerhard4,145€358,00013

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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