neighbourhood in Zeist
Den Dolder-Zuid
1,795 residents · postal code 3734 · Part of Den Dolder e.o., Zeist
Well-off, but not carefree
Four in ten square metres around Den Dolder-Zuid are under tree canopy, more than four times the national middle, and eight in ten are green. That the quiet & nature pillar still stays at 7.8 rather than higher comes down to traffic noise: it sits almost four decibels above the median.
The 5.4 for safety is the weak point and has a clear shape. Violence barely occurs here, but burglary, property crime and vandalism all three sit above the national middle. The railway station seven hundred metres away is a factor you cannot see in the score but can in the profile: easily reached is also easily reached by people who do not live here.
The families pillar stays at 5.9, and the primary school just over a kilometre away explains most of that — within this pillar that distance weighs heaviest.
- no. 1,611 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 9 of 33 in Zeist
How Den Dolder-Zuid scores
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Is Den Dolder-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Den Dolder-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, 76 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
Den Dolder-Zuid has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,426 — 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
Is Den Dolder-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Den Dolder-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 Den Dolder-Zuid?
In Den Dolder-Zuid the police recorded 76 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 Den Dolder-Zuid calculated?
Den Dolder-Zuid scores 9.1 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 Den Dolder-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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