neighbourhood in Amersfoort
Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost
2,565 residents · postal code 3826 · Part of Vathorst-De Laak, Amersfoort
Vathorst-De Laak is Amersfoort's newest ground: the Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost was built entirely after 2000 and counts just 9 per cent over 65. Safety (9.1) and the overall grade (9.5) rank among the country's best, with fourteen crimes per 1,000 people present, well below the median. Only space and quiet lags, at 4.5. More than four in ten households have children, property runs above the national middle at 476,000 euro and income at 41,000 per resident.
- no. 859 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 28 of 131 in Amersfoort
How Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 42 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Wealth & income
What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 9%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
NL median 22%
Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.
Average household size
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13,106 — far more densely populated than average
NL median 2,364
Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.
Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost calculated?
Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost scores 9.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost a safe neighbourhood?
Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost scores 9.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (14.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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