Schimmelpenninckbuurt, Amersfoort

Living in Schimmelpenninckbuurt

Schimmelpenninckbuurt is densely built and genuinely urban, and the stock is a genuine mix of apartments and family houses (50% houses).

At 8,824 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 Schimmelpenninckbuurt

At €482,000 average WOZ value, Schimmelpenninckbuurt ranks 46 out of 124 Amersfoort neighborhoods on price — 11% pricier than most of the city. That premium is the location speaking. For scale: Amersfoort's cheapest buurt averages €97,000 and its priciest €1,127,000, so Schimmelpenninckbuurt sits in the middle of the pack.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €267,000 to €482,000, up 81% — 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: 59% owner-occupied against 41% rental, including 13% 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, Schimmelpenninckbuurt is dominated by established households in the 45-to-65 bracket (27% of its 400 residents), followed by 25-to-45 year olds at 23%. More than half of all households (60%) 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 — 50% of households are among the country's lower earners.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: the nearest large supermarket is about 7 minutes' walk; eating out is the default here — around 93 cafés and restaurants inside a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 11 min walk · GP 11 min · hospital 2.2 km · library 1.7 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 10 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 3-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is a 7-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; the nearest highway on-ramp is 2.4 km away; car ownership is moderate (0.7 per household).

Energy and running costs

Since 100% 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 Schimmelpenninckbuurt

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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