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neighbourhood in Utrecht

Parkwijk-Noord

3,350 residents · postal code 3544 · Part of Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht

  • no. 1,372 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 21 of 107 in Utrecht

Scores per pillar

Vinex through and through: every home in Parkwijk-Noord went up after 2000, density tops 8,000 per square kilometre, and the average value is €583,000, well above the national middle. Families dominate — more than half of households have children and barely nine percent are over 65. Housing scores 9.5 and the overall mark 9.2. Only nature lags far behind, at 2.8.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
0.8 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
1.6 km
Hospital
2.4 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
0.9 km
Library
1.7 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
22.1
Violent crimes
1.0
Burglaries
0.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 583,000
Owner-occupied
55%
Single-family homes
80%
Built after 2000
100%
Income per resident
€ 39,000

Who lives here

0–15 20%15–25 15%25–45 26%45–65 31%65+ 9%
Average household size
2.7
Households with children
54%
Single-person households
25%
Residents per km²
8,104

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Parkwijk-Noord calculated?

Parkwijk-Noord scores 9.2 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Parkwijk-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

Parkwijk-Noord scores 6.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (22.1 per year). The national median is around 24.1.