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Nijmegen

Nijmegen is the oldest city of the Netherlands and has 160,000 inhabitants. In 2005 it celebrated its 2000th year of existence. The city is located in the province of Gelderland in the east of the country, near the German border.

Nijmegen is famous for the International Four Days Marches Nijmegen, an annual walking event, and the Four Days Festivities with more than 150 terraces in the centre of Nijmegen and more than 200 artists entertaining over a million visitors.

The city has a wide variety of institutions providing higher professional and scientific education in many fields. It has the fourth largest university in the Netherlands. The city has about 15,000 students and many highly educated workers.

The majority of the working population are employed in healthcare, education and the service sector but the city also has a number of major manufacturing companies. Nijmegen has increasingly developed into a city of knowledge, health and technology.

The region Arnhem-Nijmegen, a metropolitan area, has more than 700,000 inhabitants.

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL

	CITY		QUINTILES Comparison with UA cities						LUZ
			Low				High
INDICATORS	YEAR	SCORE	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	CASES	YEAR	SCORE	Ratio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY
Total resident population	2004	157,466						342	2004	275,667	1:1.75
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.	2004	1%						247
Percentage of households that are 1-person households	2004	51%						152	2004	41%	1:0.81
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households	2004	6%						118	2004	6%	1:0.94
Average size of households	2004	1.92						173	2004	2.15	1:1.12
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Average price per m2 for an apartment	2004	€1,101						150
Average price per m2 for a house	2004	€361						157
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings	2004	31%						63
Percentage of households living in social housing	2004	37%						92
Average living area in m2 per person
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population	2004	123.26						223	2004	95.25	1:0.77
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate
Unemployment rate - female
Employment rate	2004	71%						157
Activity rate	2004	75%						182	2004	77%	1:1.03
GDP per head (€)
Median disposable annual household income(€)	2004	€22,500						118	2004	€24,900	1:1.11
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income	2004	17%						71	2004	15%	1:0.88
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections	2001	52%						233
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4	2004	319						142
% of working age population with only primary education	2004	0%						155	2004	0%	1:1.12
% of working age population with tertiary education	2004	0%						136	2004	0%	1:0.87
ENVIRONMENT
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m3	2004	13						212
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum	2004	0.58						237
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill	2004	0%						213
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)	2004	36						185	2004	53	1:1.48
Population density (residents per km2)	2004	2,907						265	2004	914	1:0.31
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
Percentage of journeys to work by car	2004	60%						108	2004	63%	1:1.05
Average time of journey to work (mins.)	2004	28						107	2004	28	1:1

SUB CITY LEVEL

0 SUB-CITY DISTRICTS		Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORS	YEAR	LOWEST	CITY SCORE	HIGHEST	RATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY
Percentage of total population aged 0-4
Percentage of households that are 1-person households
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households
Percentage of households that are lone-pensioner households
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Proportion of dwellings lacking basic amenities
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
% of working age population with only primary education
% of working age population with secondary education
% of working age population with tertiary education
ENVIRONMENT
Population density (residents per km2)