District Barchem
District in the municipality of Lochem · Gelderland
- 708 homes
- 1.745 residents
- avg. year built 1963
- avg. WOZ value € 487.000
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Homes in Barchem
- Homes
- 708 addresses registered for residential use (BAG)
- Average year built
- 1963
- Average living area
- 172 m²
- Housing stock (CBS)
- 766 2025
Home type
Energy label
Construction period
Residents
- Residents
- 1.745 1 January 2025
- Households
- 755 avg. 2,3 people
- Single-person households
- 27%
- Households with children
- 31%
- Population density
- 68 residents per km²
- Floor area
- 25,7 km² of which 0,1 km² is water
Age profile
Housing and values
- Average WOZ value
- € 487.000 CBS 2024
- Owner-occupied homes
- 80%
- Rented homes
- 20% 10% housing association-owned
- Single-family homes
- 86% 14% in multi-unit buildings
- Built in the last 10 years
- 5%
- Unoccupied homes
- 6%
- New homes built during the year
- 9 completed homes
The WOZ value is the average for all homes in the area (valued as at 1 January of the previous year), not the market value of an individual home.
Energy
- Avg. electricity consumption
- 3.440 kWh per home per year
- Avg. electricity fed into the grid
- 1.360 kWh solar electricity per home
- Avg. gas consumption
- 1.230 m³ per home per year
- Homes with solar panels
- 40%
- Gas-free
- 5%
- Mainly electrically heated
- 11%
Consumption is the average across all homes with a connection in the area (CBS); the energy label breakdown is under "Homes".
Amenities and transport links
- Large supermarket
- 4,2 km avg. distance
- GP practice
- 4,0 km avg. distance
- Primary school
- 1,3 km avg. distance
- Day nursery
- 1,4 km avg. distance
- Schools within 3 km
- 1
- Degree of urbanisation
- Not urbanised 100 addresses per km²
- Cars per household
- 1,4 1.032 passenger cars
- Business premises
- 280 of which 50 in trade and hospitality
Road distances, averaged across all residents in the area (CBS).
Living environment: noise, water, air, light and green space
- Average noise level (Lden)
- 46 dB municipality 49 dB
- Homes exposed to road traffic noise above 55 dB
- 17% municipality 15%
- Homes exposed to rail traffic noise above 55 dB
- 0% municipality 1%
- Homes exposed to air traffic noise above 48 dB
- 0% municipality 0%
- Homes exposed to wind turbine noise above 40 dB
- 0% municipality 0%
- Night-time road traffic noise above 50 dB
- 11% municipality 7%
Noise levels at the 708 homes
Flooding
- Homes at risk of flooding
- 0% municipality 23%
- Of which, with water deeper than 0.5 m
- 0%
- Of which, with water deeper than 2 m
- 0%
- Maximum water depth
- none
Air, light and green space
- NO₂
- 7,5 µg/m³ 0% above the WHO guideline (10)
- PM2,5
- 7,4 µg/m³ 100% above the WHO guideline (5)
- PM10
- 12,8 µg/m³ 0% above the WHO guideline (15)
- Light at night
- Dark municipality: dark
- Green space within 500 m
- 83% municipality 65%
Noise: RIVM noise maps (road and rail 2020, air traffic 2022, wind turbines 2024), annual average Lden at 10 m resolution, sampled at each address. Flooding: LIWO (Rijkswaterstaat), maximum water depth map; depth does not indicate likelihood. Air: RIVM annual average concentrations at 25 m resolution. Light: RIVM light emission map 2023. Green space: RIVM green space map 2022, proportion of green space per 500 m. Enable the noise layer on the map above.
Climate and safety
- Feels-like temperature on a hot day
- 44–45 °C extreme heat stress
- Homes with extreme heat stress (41 °C or above)
- 84% municipality 88%
- Urban heat island effect
- 0–0,2 °C warmer on average than the surrounding countryside
- Homes with a cool spot within 300 m
- 99% municipality 89%
- Homes with an increased risk of groundwater flooding in 2050
- 58% municipality 73%
- Homes with a rainwater flow path alongside the building
- 1% municipality 2%
- Homes within the magnetic field zone of a high-voltage power line
- 0% municipality 0%
- Homes within 1 km of a wind turbine
- 0% municipality 1%
Klimaateffectatlas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): feels-like temperature and urban heat island effect for 2022, cool spots, location-specific likelihood of flooding (at least 20 cm of water), floors that stay dry, risk of groundwater flooding in 2050 (high scenario), flow paths during rainfall of 70 mm per hour; sampled for each home. High-voltage power lines: RIVM Netkaart with calculated distances. Wind turbines: RIVM. Enable the heat layer on the map above.
Safety
- Crimes per 1,000 residents
- 12 Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
- Recorded crimes
- 20 -9% compared with the previous year
- Home burglaries per 1,000 homes
- 1,4 1 burglary
- Municipality
- 19 per 1,000 residents
- Nederland
- 45 per 1,000 residents
Types of crime (last 12 months)
By year
Source: police, recorded crimes by area (CBS/police open data, monthly figures). Rates per 1,000 residents are based on the area's population; not all crimes are reported.
Liveability
Very good Leefbaarometer 2024
very poorexcellent
- Liveability
- Very good category 8 of 9, assessed in 2024
- Score
- 4,26 +0,16 compared with the national average
- Since the previous assessment
- +0,03 2022 assessment: Very good
- Municipality
- Very good score 4,23
Five dimensions: difference from the national average
- Physical environment green space, water, buildings, noise +0,03 adequate
- Housing stock type, year built, ownership +0,08 more than adequate
- Amenities shops, schools, healthcare, public transport −0,17 very poor
- Social cohesion population profile, moves +0,09 good
- Nuisance and safety concerns crime and nuisance +0,13 good
Source: Leefbaarometer 3.0 (Ministerie van BZK, CC0), an estimate produced every two years based on over a hundred characteristics. The score reflects how residents rate liveability on average. Negative = below the national average.
Income and employment
- Median household wealth
- € 387.000
- Employment rate
- 74% aged 15 to under 75
- Self-employed people
- 26% of the employed population
- Top 20% of incomes
- 16,9% share of people (20% nationally)