Uddel, Apeldoorn

Living in Uddel

Uddel is more village than city in feel, and the housing is dominated by single-family houses (85%), which is what draws settlers rather than passers-through.

With just 2,380 residents per km², this is space by Dutch standards.

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 Uddel

At €460,000 average WOZ value, Uddel ranks 38 out of 82 Apeldoorn neighborhoods on price, almost exactly the city's midpoint. For scale: Apeldoorn's cheapest buurt averages €246,000 and its most expensive €936,000, so Uddel sits in the middle band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €264,000 to €487,000, up 84% — slower than the city as a whole (+100%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

With 70% 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, Uddel is dominated by established households in the 45-to-65 bracket (24% of its 2,215 residents), followed by 25-to-45 year olds at 22%. 47% of households have children at home, so expect school runs, playgrounds in use, and neighbors who stay put. The average household counts 2.9 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes are broadly middle-of-the-road (27% high-income, 28% low-income households).

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: the nearest large supermarket is about 5 minutes' walk; dining out means a short trip: only 1 café or restaurant sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 48 min walk · GP 6 min · hospital 13.7 km · library 4.8 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 5 minutes on foot; daycare is 3.7 km away — check waiting lists early, they are long everywhere in the Netherlands; secondary school is a 3-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the nearest train station is 13.0 km out, so day-to-day life here leans on the car or bus; a highway on-ramp 0.2 km away makes car trips easy — check whether through-traffic noise reaches the street you're considering; households here average 1.4 cars, so assume driveways and parking are part of daily logistics.

Energy and running costs

Since 60% 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 Uddel

Before you bid in Uddel: family neighborhoods like this one turn over slowly; when a good house appears it often goes to the first serious, well-prepared bidder.

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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