Camera Obscurastraat e.o.

Camera Obscurastraat e.o. is a neighbourhood in the Schothorst-Noord district of Amersfoort, with 1,655 residents and 765 homes. 68% of homes are owner-occupied and 70% are single-family houses. The average WOZ value (€396,000) is 11% below the municipal average. From a typical postcode here, 200 everyday services are within a 15-minute walk.

Neighbourhood 03070902 · 21 postcodes · Updated 24 October 2026

1,655residents1 January 2025

€396,000average WOZ home valueAmersfoort: €446,000

31%green within 500 mAmersfoort: 20%

200services within 15 minutesmedian postcode

Camera Obscurastraat e.o. in AmersfoortPostcodes in Camera Obscurastraat e.o. highlighted; the rest of Amersfoort in grey

Map of Amersfoort with Camera Obscurastraat e.o. highlighted

Who lives here.

1,655 residents in 770 households, 2.1 people per household on average; next to the figure for Amersfoort.

14%

aged 0–14

11%

aged 15–24

28%

aged 25–44

22%

aged 65 and over

36%

one-person households

33%

households with children

Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025 (CC BY 4.0)

Homes.

The average WOZ value of a home in Camera Obscurastraat e.o. is €396,000, against €446,000 in Amersfoort.

765homes43 newly built in 2025

70%single-family houses30% flats and apartments

68%owner-occupied26% housing association

0%built in the last ten years1% unoccupied

630 m³gas per home per yearAmersfoort: 710 m³

2,170 kWhelectricity per home per yearAmersfoort: 2,470 kWh

1%homes off the gas gridAmersfoort: 13%

42%homes with solar panelsAmersfoort: 41%

The WOZ value is the official valuation each Dutch municipality sets every year for property tax. It is not a sale price. The averages here use the valuation date of 1 January 2024.

Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025 (CC BY 4.0)

Income and work.

How households in Camera Obscurastraat e.o. compare with the national income distribution (reporting year 2024).

32%of households in the lowest 40% nationallyAmersfoort: 35%

20%in the top 20% nationallyAmersfoort: 25%

1.4%of residents live below the poverty lineAmersfoort: 2.4%

€192,000median household wealthAmersfoort: €166,000

73.0%of 15 to 75-year-olds in workAmersfoort: 75.0%

49%with a university or higher professional degreeAmersfoort: 44%

9.0%of workers are self-employedAmersfoort: 16.0%

0.9cars per householdAmersfoort: 0.9

Statistics Netherlands ranks every household in the country by income. In a neighbourhood that matched the national mix exactly, 40% of households would fall in the lowest 40% nationally and 20% in the top 20%. Income on its own says nothing about what a place is like to live in.

Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2024: income, work and education (CC BY 4.0)

Safety.

Police registered 53 crimes in Camera Obscurastraat e.o. in 2025, about the same as in 2024. That is 32.0 per 1,000 residents, compared with 44.2 across Amersfoort.

Theft of bicycles and mopeds12

Assault4

Other property crime4

Vandalism and criminal damage4

Theft from vehicles2

Registered crime shows what becomes known to the police, not how safe a place feels, and not every crime is reported. Town centres, shopping areas and the streets around stations have few residents but many visitors, which pushes the rate per 1,000 residents up. The categories above are a selection; the total includes every registered crime.

Source: Dutch Police, registered crime by district and neighbourhood, 2024–2025 (CC BY 4.0)

Everyday distances.

Average distance by road for everyone living in Camera Obscurastraat e.o., a highly urban area.

Distance to

GP practice1.2 km

Large supermarket0.5 km

Day nursery0.5 km

Primary school0.5 km

Also

Primary schools within 3 km16.9

Primary pupils living here120

Secondary pupils living here80

Business premises150

Residents per km²7,714

Land area21 ha

Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025 (CC BY 4.0)

Nearby neighbourhoods.

The closest neighbourhoods in Amersfoort.

Park Schothorst Elly Takmastraat e.o.De Plaatsen Queekhoven e.o.Koperhorst Vuurtoren Schothorst-Noord district