neighbourhood in Dronten
De Manege
1,995 residents · postal code 8252 · Part of Dronten Zuid, Dronten
Safe, but everything is a drive away
De Manege registers fewer than ten offences per thousand residents, less than half the Dutch middle, and that holds for each of the four types. A 9.8 for safety is the result, and the overall score of 9.7 leans heavily on it.
On wealth & income everything points the same way: property value above the national median, more households in the highest income group than nationally, fewer in the lowest, little social assistance and hardly any vacancy. That it still stops at a 7.1 says something about how high the bar is in the Netherlands. The weak spot is accessibility: the station is more than three kilometres away and a restaurant almost two. For families the primary school four hundred metres away produces an 8.3, while more than a quarter of residents are 65 or older — that figure comes from the location, not from the number of children.
- no. 465 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 1 of 37 in Dronten
How De Manege scores
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Is De Manege a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Manege comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Manege is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 14 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
The age profile of De Manege looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,832 — 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
Is De Manege a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Manege comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Manege is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Manege?
In De Manege the police recorded 14 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (10 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for De Manege calculated?
De Manege scores 9.7 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where De Manege lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
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