neighbourhood in Veenendaal

Dragonder Zuid

3,090 residents · postal code 3902 · Part of Noordoost, Veenendaal

Top 39% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Amenities at a 9.3, wealth & income at a 3.3 — Dragonder Zuid shows how little the two have to do with each other. The supermarket, the GP and a restaurant are around the corner, while the social assistance rate is almost seven times the national middle and the share of low incomes well above it.

Safety, at a 7.9, is the second strong point. All four types of offence are below the national median, with burglary notably far below.

The 6.2 for families is held back by the distance to the primary school, a kilometre away — the heaviest component of that pillar. Beyond that this is mostly flats: more than seven in ten homes are not single-family houses, which alongside a substantial share of households with children makes for an unusual combination.

no. 5,071 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 23 of 36 in Veenendaal

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Is Dragonder Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Dragonder Zuid comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

19.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

5.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 66 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

1.8 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 297,000

Welfare recipients

55.0 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

51%

Social housing

46%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

28%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

8,969 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

2,731

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 µg/m³

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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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

1.0 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Dragonder Zuid has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,969 — 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

Is Dragonder Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Dragonder Zuid comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Dragonder Zuid?

In Dragonder Zuid the police recorded 66 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Dragonder Zuid calculated?

Dragonder Zuid scores 7.1 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 Dragonder Zuid 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.