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Lyceumkwartier

3,745 residents · postal code 3707 · Part of Zeist Centrum, Zeist

Top 1% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Few neighbourhoods push property values as high as Zeist's Lyceumkwartier: an average 1.1 million euro, with income of 69,000 euro per resident. Wealth & income scores a 9.8 and the overall grade a 9.9. This is a low-density villa district with 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people. Safety, at 7.9, sits below wealth but ahead of amenities and space & quiet.

  • no. 102 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 2 of 33 in Zeist

How Lyceumkwartier 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.
Total crime
15.9 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.1 per 1,000
Burglaries
1.9 per 1,000
Property crime
5.0 per 1,000
Vandalism
1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 91 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.
Supermarket
1.1 km
GP practice
1.3 km
Train station
4.5 km
Restaurant
0.9 km
Hospital
1.1 km
Café
1.2 km
Library
1.8 km
Motorway ramp
1.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 1,107,000
Welfare recipients
0.0 per 1,000
High incomes
44%
Low incomes
31%
Vacancy
4%
Owner-occupied
86%
Social housing
2%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
76%
Built after 2000
17%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
1,665 inw/km²
Noise level
50 dB
Green surroundings
73%
Trees nearby
39%
Water share
0%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
1,390
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.8 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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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.5 km
Households with children
39%
Childcare
0.4 km
Secondary school
0.5 km
Residents under 15
16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Lyceumkwartier has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 12%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1516%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2514%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4512%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6533%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+25%

    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

    2.5larger than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    26%fewer than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    39%more than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    1,665less 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 Lyceumkwartier calculated?

Lyceumkwartier scores 9.9 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 Lyceumkwartier 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 Lyceumkwartier a safe neighbourhood?

Lyceumkwartier scores 7.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (15.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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