Klavergriend, Klippriend en Wilgengriend, Almere

Living in Klavergriend, Klippriend en Wilgengriend

Klavergriend, Klippriend en Wilgengriend is quiet and low-density, and the housing is dominated by single-family houses (94%), which is what draws settlers rather than passers-through.

With just 3,954 residents per km², this is space by Dutch standards.

Almere is the Netherlands' youngest city — planned, spacious and car-friendly, with newer housing stock than almost anywhere else in the country. Many residents commute: Amsterdam is around 25 minutes by train, which is exactly the trade many buyers here have chosen.

The housing market in Klavergriend, Klippriend en Wilgengriend

The average home value (WOZ) in Klavergriend, Klippriend en Wilgengriend is €355,000, which puts it at #72 of 164 neighborhoods in Almere, almost exactly the city's midpoint. For scale: Almere's cheapest buurt averages €130,000 and its most expensive €1,212,000, so Klavergriend, Klippriend en Wilgengriend sits in the middle band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2022 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €309,000 to €385,000, up 25% — roughly in step with the rest of the city. WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Ownership is split: 51% owner-occupied against 49% rental, including 47% social housing. Enough homes trade hands to give you comparable sales, but check what's actually for sale versus rented in the specific block you're eyeing — the mix can flip from one street to the next.

Who lives here

Demographically, Klavergriend, Klippriend en Wilgengriend is one of the older neighborhoods in the city — seniors form the largest group (30% of its 890 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 22%. Households split into 31% singles and 36% families with children — a real mix rather than one lifestyle. The average household counts 2.3 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes skew modest — 37% of households are in the lower national bracket.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: plan your groceries: the nearest large supermarket is 1.0 km away; this is not a going-out neighborhood — the cafés are elsewhere.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 8 min walk · GP 24 min · hospital 5.8 km · library 2.4 km. None of these will decide a purchase on their own, but a GP taking new patients nearby is the kind of thing you only miss after moving.

Families and schools

For families: the nearest primary school is 5 minutes on foot; daycare is 0.5 km away — check waiting lists early, they are long everywhere in the Netherlands; secondary school is a 10-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the nearest train station is 5.3 km out, so day-to-day life here leans on the car or bus; the nearest highway on-ramp is 2.4 km away; car ownership is moderate (1.0 per household).

Energy and running costs

99% of homes were built before 2000. Two identical-looking houses on the same street can differ by hundreds of euros a month once heating is counted — the energy label tells you which one you're looking at, and lenders increasingly price it into your mortgage too.

Before you bid in Klavergriend, Klippriend en Wilgengriend

Before you bid in Klavergriend, Klippriend en Wilgengriend: with many older residents, more homes will come to market here over the coming years than the recent past suggests — patience can pay.

None of these averages can tell you whether the specific house you found is fairly priced — that depends on its size, energy label, state of maintenance and the recent sales around it. That is exactly what a free HomeReview report checks, in about 10 seconds, for any Dutch address.

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