neighbourhood in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Amerongse Berg
65 residents · postal code 3958 · Part of Amerongen, Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Amerongse Berg is a rural area in Utrechtse Heuvelrug with 65 residents. On the national yardstick its total score is 8.6. The profile is pronounced: wealth and income scores 9.1, while safety lags at 4.1. Housing sits in the upper segment, with an average property value of €805k versus €422k nationally. For families it stands at 6.1.
- no. 2,494 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 16 of 32 in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.
How Amerongse Berg 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, 21 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
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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
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Who lives here
Amerongse Berg has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 12%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4512%
NL median 22%
- 45–6539%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8 — far less 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 Amerongse Berg calculated?
Amerongse Berg scores 8.6 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 Amerongse Berg 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 Amerongse Berg a safe neighbourhood?
Amerongse Berg scores 4.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (58.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Utrechtse Heuvelrug.
More about this area
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