Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Noordwest, Almere

Living in Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Noordwest

Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Noordwest is urban but not overwhelming, and the stock is a genuine mix of apartments and family houses (55% houses).

At 4,078 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.- Noordwest

At €410,000 average WOZ value, Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Noordwest ranks 56 out of 165 Almere neighborhoods on price — 9% 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.- Noordwest sits in the middle of the pack.

The direction of the market: between 2022 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €323,000 to €410,000, up 27% — 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: 54% owner-occupied against 46% rental, including 42% 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, Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Noordwest is dominated by established households in the 45-to-65 bracket (28% of its 835 residents), followed by over-65s at 23%. 41% of households have children at home, so expect school runs, playgrounds in use, and neighbors who stay put. The average household counts 2.4 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes lean modest — 38% of households are among the country's lower earners.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: plan your groceries: the nearest large supermarket is 0.9 km away; dining out means a short trip: only 1 café or restaurant sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 17 min walk · GP 17 min · hospital 4.1 km · library 3.5 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 4 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (4 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 7-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the train station is 5 minutes on foot — commuting without a car is the natural choice; a highway on-ramp 0.9 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.- Noordwest

Before you bid in Tussen de Vaarten Z.- Noordwest: 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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