neighbourhood in Zeist
Centrumschil-Zuid
3,150 residents · postal code 3701 · Part of Zeist Centrum, Zeist
Well-off, but not carefree
The tree canopy in Centrumschil-Zuid is more than three times as dense as in an average Dutch neighbourhood, and greenery within three hundred metres also sits above the national middle. That is what keeps quiet & nature at a 6.6 in an area up against a town centre, with over five thousand residents per square kilometre.
The 5.1 for safety comes from one category and not from the rest. Violence here is above the national middle — and it weighs almost a third of this pillar — while property crime comes out at less than half of it and vandalism sits exactly on it.
The wealth & income column is strong across the board: property value far above the median, many high incomes, few low ones and a rate of social assistance under half the national level. Only vacancy is above the national middle, and that explains why the pillar stops at an 8.9 rather than going higher.
- no. 2,287 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 13 of 33 in Zeist
How Centrumschil-Zuid scores
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Is Centrumschil-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Centrumschil-Zuid comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 133 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
Centrumschil-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+31%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,197 — 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 Centrumschil-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Centrumschil-Zuid comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Centrumschil-Zuid?
In Centrumschil-Zuid the police recorded 133 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Centrumschil-Zuid calculated?
Centrumschil-Zuid scores 8.7 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 Centrumschil-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.
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