Staatsliedenbuurt-West, Amersfoort

Living in Staatsliedenbuurt-West

Staatsliedenbuurt-West is quiet and low-density, and the stock is a genuine mix of apartments and family houses (56% houses).

With just 2,506 residents per km², this is space by Dutch standards.

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 Staatsliedenbuurt-West

The average home value (WOZ) in Staatsliedenbuurt-West is €753,000, which puts it at #11 of 125 neighborhoods in Amersfoort — 82% above the city median. That premium is the location speaking. For scale: Amersfoort's cheapest buurt averages €102,000 and its most expensive €1,329,000, so Staatsliedenbuurt-West sits in the upper band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €404,000 to €734,000, up 82% — slower than the city as a whole (+110%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

With 78% 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, Staatsliedenbuurt-West is dominated by established households in the 45-to-65 bracket (31% of its 1,135 residents), followed by 25-to-45 year olds at 20%. Households split into 32% singles and 35% families with children — a real mix rather than one lifestyle. The average household counts 2.3 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: 45% of households sit in the country's top income bracket — which helps explain both the café density and the bidding behavior.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: plan your groceries: the nearest large supermarket is 2.1 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 22 min walk · GP 19 min · hospital 4.4 km · library 3.0 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: 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 train station is 14 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; households here average 1.1 cars, so assume driveways and parking are part of daily logistics.

Energy and running costs

86% 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 Staatsliedenbuurt-West

Before you bid in Staatsliedenbuurt-West: in a premium buurt the risk isn't buying a bad home, it's overpaying for a good one — anchor your bid on recent sales of comparable homes, not on the asking price.

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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