Matendonk, Apeldoorn

Living in Matendonk

Matendonk is urban but not overwhelming, and the housing is dominated by single-family houses (85%), which is what draws settlers rather than passers-through.

At 5,635 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

Apeldoorn is a low-rise, green family market on the edge of the Veluwe national park — more space per euro than the west of the country, in exchange for a longer commute. It consistently attracts families trading Randstad apartments for gardens.

The housing market in Matendonk

The average home value (WOZ) in Matendonk is €288,000, which puts it at #72 of 82 neighborhoods in Apeldoorn — 36% below the city median, leaving room in the budget that pricier neighborhoods would swallow. For scale: Apeldoorn's cheapest buurt averages €246,000 and its most expensive €936,000, so Matendonk sits in the budget band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €161,000 to €300,000, up 86% — slower than the city as a whole (+100%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Ownership is split: 58% owner-occupied against 42% rental, including 40% 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, Matendonk is dominated by established households in the 45-to-65 bracket (25% of its 5,080 residents), followed by 25-to-45 year olds at 23%. Households split into 32% singles and 37% families with children — a real mix rather than one lifestyle. The average household counts 2.3 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes skew modest — 36% of households are in the lower national bracket; average income per resident is €27,000 a year.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: the nearest large supermarket is about 11 minutes' walk; dining out means a short trip: only 3 cafés or restaurants sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 11 min walk · GP 7 min · hospital 6.4 km · library 1.3 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 7 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 an 8-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; the nearest highway on-ramp is 2.6 km away; car ownership is moderate (1.0 per household).

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 Matendonk

Before you bid in Matendonk: the price gap with the rest of Apeldoorn 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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