Juliana van Stolberg, Amersfoort

Living in Juliana van Stolberg

Juliana van Stolberg is densely built and genuinely urban, and the stock is a genuine mix of apartments and family houses (32% houses).

At 8,379 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

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 Juliana van Stolberg

The average home value (WOZ) in Juliana van Stolberg is €341,000, which puts it at #111 of 124 neighborhoods in Amersfoort — 21% cheaper than most of the city, which makes it one of the more approachable entry points into the city. For scale: Amersfoort's cheapest buurt averages €97,000 and its priciest €1,127,000, so Juliana van Stolberg sits among the city's more affordable ones.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €159,000 to €341,000, up 114% — 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: 40% owner-occupied against 60% rental, including 56% 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, Juliana van Stolberg is a young-adult neighborhood — the 25-to-45 group outnumbers everyone else (28% of its 1,350 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 28%. More than half of all households (61%) are single-person — this is a neighborhood of independents, not minivans. The average household counts 1.7 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes lean modest — 58% of households are among the country's lower earners.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: groceries are a non-issue — 5 large supermarkets within a kilometer; there are about 23 cafés and restaurants within walking distance — enough choice without the crowds.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 6 min walk · GP 5 min · hospital 3.8 km · library 2.0 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: 3 primary schools within a kilometer means real choice — and short bike rides; 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 4-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is a 6-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; a highway on-ramp 1.9 km away makes car trips easy — check whether through-traffic noise reaches the street you're considering; and at 0.6 cars per household, most residents simply don't own one — if you do, factor in permit costs and waiting lists before you buy.

Energy and running costs

100% 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 Juliana van Stolberg

Before you bid in Juliana van Stolberg: the price gap with the rest of Amersfoort is real, but so is the reason for it — walk the neighborhood at different times of day before committing.

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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