Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Midden west, Almere

Living in Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Midden west

Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Midden west is urban but not overwhelming, and the housing is dominated by single-family houses (71%), which is what draws settlers rather than passers-through.

At 6,830 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

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 Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Midden west

The average home value (WOZ) in Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Midden west is €414,000, which puts it at #54 of 165 neighborhoods in Almere — 10% pricier than most of the city. That premium is the location speaking. For scale: Almere's cheapest buurt averages €169,000 and its priciest €1,166,000, so Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Midden west sits in the middle of the pack.

The direction of the market: between 2022 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €324,000 to €414,000, up 28% — roughly in step with the rest of the city. WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

With 68% of homes owner-occupied, this is a settled buyers' neighborhood — homes change hands regularly, and you can usually find recent comparable sales on the same street to anchor your bid. Settled also means slower: owners here tend to stay, so the best houses may only list once a decade.

Who lives here

Demographically, Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Midden west is dominated by established households in the 45-to-65 bracket (30% of its 1,720 residents), followed by 25-to-45 year olds at 25%. 48% of households have children at home, so expect school runs, playgrounds in use, and neighbors who stay put. The average household counts 2.5 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes lean modest — 30% of households are among the country's lower earners.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: the nearest large supermarket is about 6 minutes' walk; dining out means a short trip: only 2 cafés or restaurants sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 10 min walk · GP 13 min · hospital 4.0 km · library 3.8 km · 1 cinema within 5 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 7 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (7 locations nearby) — though Dutch waiting lists mean you register the week you know you're expecting, not the week you need it; secondary school is a 6-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the train station is 13 minutes on foot — commuting without a car is the natural choice; a highway on-ramp 1.4 km away makes car trips easy — check whether through-traffic noise reaches the street you're considering; car ownership is moderate (1.0 per household).

Energy and running costs

With 100% of homes built after 2000, insulation standards here are decent by default — but newer also means VvE service costs for apartments and less room to add value through renovation. Different math, not automatically better.

Before you bid in Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Midden west

Before you bid in Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Midden west: family neighborhoods like this one turn over slowly; when a good house appears it often goes to the first serious, well-prepared bidder.

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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