Living in Dalfsen

In Dalfsen, tenants pay an average rent of €608 a month (2024) and unemployment is 2.7% (2024).

Dalfsen, a city in the Netherlands, had a population of 30,264 at the start of 2026. At the end of 2024, the unemployment rate was 2.7%.

Last checked 2026-09-2633 sources

Population30,264people10 Jun 2026Official source · CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Dalfsen (GM0148)

Average gross salary3,907EUR/month31 Dec 2022Regional figureOfficial source · Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)

Average rent608EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED)

Unemployment rate2.7%country median 3.1% — 13% belowOfficial source · CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality

Recorded crime1,680offences per 100,000country median 3,090 — 46% belowOfficial source · CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024

Lower unemployment than 98% of Dutch cities that publish it and less recorded crime than any other Dutch city that publishes it.

Which Netherlands-wide rules apply when you move to Dalfsen?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in NetherlandsNational rates and thresholds that apply in Dalfsen.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Dalfsen. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€25

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	42.5 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KPN 100 Mbps home internet¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	25 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KPN 20GB mobile plan¹⁶Official · national market
Housing stock	11,889 dwellings	31 Dec 2020	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek³Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	608 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED)²⁴Official
Rented homes	25 pct	31 Dec 2020	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek³Official

Is Dalfsen a good place to live?

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Remote worker67%strong on work, weak on legal route · range 58–76%

Skilled employee71%strong on work, weak on safety · range 63–79%

Student49%strong on education, weak on work · range 42–56%

Family64%strong on family, weak on cost · range 56–72%

Retirement61%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 50–72%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Dalfsen?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 % (2024). Source: CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality⁸

Unemployment across cities in NetherlandsUnemployment in Dalfsen is 2.7%. Of 337 cities with data, 146 have unemployment of 3 to under 3.5%.

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Dalfsen 2.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,907 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)¹⁷Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability	99.69 %	2025 Q1	Percentage of households in the Dutch municipality with access to a fixed internet connection of at least 1 Gbps (1000 Mbit/s); availability, not subscribed plan, measured speed or FTTH-only coverage.²¹Official
Median income per year	34,600 EUR/year	31 Dec 2024	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek⁴Official
Unemployment rate	2.7 %country median 3.1%	31 Dec 2024	CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Dalfsen?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€2,370of €3,045 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€3,045
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED) · 2024-12-31	− €608
Internet€43 · official · KPN 100 Mbps home internet · 2026-09-30	− €43
Mobile plan€25 · official · KPN 20GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €25
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€2,370

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Dalfsen Salary needed to live in Dalfsen

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Dalfsen. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

UWV public employment service — Public employment service

Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen (UWV)

Job Search

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Open the Netherlands service overview

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Dalfsen. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	7 count	3 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)¹⁰Official
Schools	7 count	3 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)¹⁰Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: extra Dutch-language reception support for recently-arrived immigrant pupils (NT2 reception funding). How to enrol a child (rijksoverheid.nl).

A country-wide rule for Netherlands; Dalfsen's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Safety

How safe is Dalfsen?

Police recorded 1,680 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 1,680 offences per 100,000 · CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024⁹

Recorded crime across major citiesDalfsen highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Amsterdam8,970

Rotterdam8,200

Eindhoven7,990

The Hague6,890

Utrecht6,800

Nijmegen6,280

Groningen6,160

Breda5,870

Tilburg5,560

Almere4,280

Almere Stad4,278

Dalfsen1,680

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,680 offences per 100,000country median 3,090	31 Dec 2024	CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024⁹Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was GRQ, 71.8 km away, with 5 listed destinations in June 2026. Car density was 606.4 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2025. Gigabit broadband availability was 99.7% in Q1 2025.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	5 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁹Official
Nearest airport	GRQ	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv²⁰Official
Distance to nearest airport	71.8 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv²⁰Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Dalfsen. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Blik op Werk integration-provider quality register — Other

Blik op Werk

For integration-course applicants.

DutchIn Person, Online

Open official information

DUO choosing an integration course — State Language Course

Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs (DUO)

For people who must integrate.

DutchIn Person

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Open the full Netherlands section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Dalfsen.

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Climate and air quality

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM1014WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂8WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — NL NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Hellendoorn-Luttenbergerweg)¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	14 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — NL PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Hellendoorn-Luttenbergerweg)¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.03 · Feb 16.92 · Mar 20.39 · Apr 26.28 · May 28.04 · Jun 32.33 · Jul 35.25 · Aug 31.65 · Sep 29.37 · Oct 24.31 · Nov 19.21 · Dec 13.47 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁸Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -15.83 · Feb -17.43 · Mar -11.62 · Apr -4 · May 0.33 · Jun 4.31 · Jul 8 · Aug 7.02 · Sep 3.65 · Oct -3.52 · Nov -6.47 · Dec -12.11 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁸Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.11 · Feb 2.55 · Mar 5.18 · Apr 9.32 · May 13.03 · Jun 16.27 · Jul 18.17 · Aug 17.81 · Sep 14.67 · Oct 10.55 · Nov 6.36 · Dec 3.11 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁸Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 165.0 km² in 2026. Population density was 183 people per km² in 2026.

How many people live in Dalfsen?

The published population was 30,264 people in January 2026. Source: CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Dalfsen (GM0148)⁶

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport90.7%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Addresses per km²	519 addresses/km²	27 Aug 2026	CBS²Official
Area	280.8 km²	10 Jun 2026	Wikidata (P2046)³³Independent · gemeente
Cars per 1,000 residents	606.4 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2025	CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population.⁷Official
City area	165 km²	1 Jan 2026	Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2026¹⁴Official
Foreign residents	2,808 people	1 Jan 2025	CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population.⁷Official
Population density	183 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2026¹⁴Official
Population	30,264 people	10 Jun 2026	CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Dalfsen (GM0148)⁶Official

International community in Dalfsen

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Population registered in Dutch municipalities; CBS population on 1 January · 2026-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Born in the Netherlands	28,291	93.5%
Born outside the Netherlands	1,973	6.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²³

Citizenship

Residents in the Dutch population register; 1 January · 2025-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Totaal	30,047	100.0%
Nederlands	28,918	96.2%
Totaal niet-Nederlandse nationaliteit	1,129	3.8%
Europa (exclusief Nederlands)	732	2.4%
Buiten-Europa	383	1.3%
Europese Unie (exclusief Nederlands)	376	1.3%
Oekraïens	326	1.1%
Midden- en Oost-Europese nat. in de EU	306	1.0%
Azië	294	1.0%
Azië (exclusief Indonesisch en Turks)	231	0.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Pools	223	0.7%
Syrisch	132	0.4%
Turks	58	0.2%
Afrika	57	0.2%
Afrika (exclusief Marokkaans)	57	0.2%
Hongaars	33	0.1%
Amerika	32	0.1%
Burger van Bondsrepubliek Duitsland	30	0.1%
Amerika en Oceanië (exclusief Surinaams)	27	0.1%
Iraaks	26	0.1%
Eritrees	25	0.1%
Roemeens	24	0.1%
Brits	17	0.1%
Afghaans	14	0.0%
Staatloos / onbekend	14	0.0%
GIPS-Nationaliteiten in de EU	14	0.0%
Iraans	13	0.0%
Slowaaks	13	0.0%
Pakistaans	12	0.0%
Chinees	11	0.0%
Zuid-Afrikaans	10	0.0%
Belgisch	9	0.0%
Zweeds	8	0.0%
Colombiaans	7	0.0%
Bulgaars	6	0.0%
Indonesisch	5	0.0%
Jemenitisch	5	0.0%
Nigeriaans	5	0.0%
Portugees	5	0.0%
Surinaams	5	0.0%
Braziliaans	4	0.0%
Frans	4	0.0%
Russisch	4	0.0%
Somalisch	4	0.0%
Spaans	4	0.0%
Amerikaans	3	0.0%
Iers	3	0.0%
Italiaans	3	0.0%
Kroatisch	3	0.0%
Canadees	2	0.0%
Filippijns	2	0.0%
Grieks	2	0.0%
Indiaas	2	0.0%
Thais	2	0.0%
Tsjechisch	2	0.0%
Vietnamees	2	0.0%
Ghanees	1	0.0%
Japans	1	0.0%
Litouws	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²²

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average download speed, 2024	250 Mbps	27 Aug 2026	ACM¹Official
Average assessed property value (WOZ)	312 kEUR	31 Dec 2020	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek³Official
Jobs	11,400 jobs	31 Dec 2024	CBS — Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek⁵Official
5G network available	true	27 Aug 2026	ACM¹Official
Average fibre-to-the-premises coverage	95 %	27 Aug 2026	ACM¹Official
Owner-occupied homes	74 pct	31 Dec 2020	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek³Official
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)¹⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on Dalfsen

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Dalfsen from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Dalfsen

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Netherlands

Other cities in Netherlands to compare with Dalfsen, nearest in population first.

All Netherlands cities

Sint-Michielsgestel30,191 residents Culemborg30,413 residents Opsterland30,068 residents Oost Gelre29,868 residents Krimpen aan den IJssel29,864 residents Zaltbommel30,687 residents

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Dalfsen in rankings

#3 of 30 in Safest cities in Netherlands by recorded crime #7 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Netherlands

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Dalfsen under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Is Dalfsen part of Zwolle?

Dalfsen is in the published commuting zone of Zwolle; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Zwolle city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source¹³

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Dalfsen?

The published population was 30,264 people in January 2026. Source: CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Dalfsen (GM0148).

How safe is Dalfsen?

Police recorded 1,680 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Dalfsen?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 % (2024). Source: CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality.

How many foreign residents live in Dalfsen?

2,808 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population..

Is Dalfsen a good place to live?

Dalfsen may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Dalfsen part of Zwolle?

Dalfsen is in the published commuting zone of Zwolle; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Dalfsen?

Zwolle, Heino, Ommen, Raalte, Hattem are near Dalfsen. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Born in the Netherlands live in Dalfsen?

The official country of birth distribution records 28,291 people (93.5%) in the source-defined population for 2026-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Dalfsen, Netherlands: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {abca1b0e83b5d1e6aed9ebe74b842234},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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