neighbourhood in Zeist

Mooi Zeist

2,130 residents · postal code 3705 · Part of Zeist-Noord, Zeist

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

Seven in ten households in Mooi Zeist consist of one person, and fewer than a tenth of residents are under fifteen. That is where the 3.8 for families comes from, and not only that: the primary school is a good kilometre away, and school distance is the heaviest component of the pillar.

The wealth & income pillar is the opposite of clear-cut. Property value is above the national median, but the share of households in the lowest income group is far above it and the share of high incomes below. Expensive homes and modest incomes on the same streets: the 5.2 covers two extremes, not a middle ground.

The tree canopy is exceptional. Within three hundred metres the canopy share is a multiple of the national median, and greenery is well above it too. That carries the 7.6 for quiet & nature, despite a sound level just above the national median.

no. 6,539 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 24 of 33 in Zeist

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Is Mooi Zeist a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Mooi Zeist comes out at 22 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

21.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

8.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 52 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

0.8 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

5.1 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

2.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 448,000

Welfare recipients

14.1 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

55%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

53%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

61%

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

3,016 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

71%

Trees nearby

35%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,547

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

1.2 km

Households with children

14%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Mooi Zeist has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 33%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–158%
NL median 14%
15–2533%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
70% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,016 — 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 Mooi Zeist a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Mooi Zeist comes out at 22 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 Mooi Zeist?

In Mooi Zeist the police recorded 52 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Mooi Zeist calculated?

Mooi Zeist scores 6.2 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 Mooi Zeist 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.