Schipholt-Glanermaten, Enschede

Living in Schipholt-Glanermaten

Schipholt-Glanermaten is moderately urban — city amenities without the crush, and most of its 1,236 homes are houses rather than apartments — front doors, gardens, street parking.

At 5,466 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

Enschede is a university city near the German border with some of the lowest big-city prices in the country. The technical university sustains steady rental demand, and cross-border shopping in Gronau is a genuine local perk.

The housing market in Schipholt-Glanermaten

At €248,000 average WOZ value, Schipholt-Glanermaten ranks 43 out of 65 Enschede neighborhoods on price — 17% below the city median, leaving room in the budget that pricier neighborhoods would swallow. For scale: Enschede's cheapest buurt averages €147,000 and its most expensive €860,000, so Schipholt-Glanermaten sits in the middle band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €136,000 to €267,000, up 96% — 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: 55% owner-occupied against 45% rental, including 38% 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, Schipholt-Glanermaten is dominated by established households in the 45-to-65 bracket (28% of its 2,800 residents), followed by 25-to-45 year olds at 23%. Households split into 32% singles and 38% 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 — 47% of households are in the lower national bracket; average income per resident is €24,000 a year.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: the nearest large supermarket is about 7 minutes' walk; dining out means a short trip: only 4 cafés or restaurants sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 8 min walk · GP 8 min · hospital 6.4 km · library 1.0 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 0.5 km away — check waiting lists early, they are long everywhere in the Netherlands; secondary school is a 16-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the train station is 13 minutes on foot — commuting without a car is the natural choice; the nearest highway on-ramp is 2.2 km away; households here average 1.1 cars, so assume driveways and parking are part of daily logistics.

Energy and running costs

Since 96% 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 Schipholt-Glanermaten

Before you bid in Schipholt-Glanermaten: the price gap with the rest of Enschede 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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