Beestenmarkt, Amersfoort

Living in Beestenmarkt

Beestenmarkt is city living in its most compact form, and this is apartment territory: only about 1 in 13 homes is a house.

With 10,021 residents per km², you will know your streets are alive — and so will your ears; visit on a Friday evening before you commit.

Amersfoort sits at the rail crossroads of the Netherlands, which makes it a favorite for couples commuting in different directions. A well-preserved medieval center is ringed by thoughtfully planned newer districts like Vathorst.

The housing market in Beestenmarkt

The average home value (WOZ) in Beestenmarkt is €361,000, which puts it at #101 of 125 neighborhoods in Amersfoort — 13% below the city median, leaving room in the budget that pricier neighborhoods would swallow. For scale: Amersfoort's cheapest buurt averages €102,000 and its most expensive €1,329,000, so Beestenmarkt sits in the budget band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €183,000 to €372,000, up 103% — slower than the city as a whole (+110%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Ownership is split: 53% owner-occupied against 47% rental, including 9% 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, Beestenmarkt is shaped by people in their late twenties to early forties (40% of its 1,055 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 23%. More than half of all households (58%) are single-person — this is a neighborhood of independents, not minivans. The average household counts 1.5 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes skew modest — 38% of households are in the lower national bracket.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: groceries are a non-issue — 6 large supermarkets within a kilometer; eating out is the default here — around 90 cafés and restaurants inside a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 12 min walk · GP 10 min · hospital 2.9 km · library 1.1 km · 2 cinemas 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 11 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (3 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 4-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is a 9-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; a highway on-ramp 1.8 km away makes car trips easy — check whether through-traffic noise reaches the street you're considering; car ownership is moderate (0.7 per household).

Energy and running costs

Since 91% of the stock predates 2000, always check the energy label of a specific listing — the difference between label C and label F on an average home here is easily a few thousand euros a year in heating, and it changes what you can sensibly bid.

Before you bid in Beestenmarkt

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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