neighbourhood in Zeist

Vogelwijk

2,070 residents · postal code 3704 · Part of Zeist-West, Zeist

Top 8% in the Netherlands

School close by, shops further off

A 9.5 for families and a 9.5 overall: in Vogelwijk the two coincide. The primary school is six hundred metres away, more than four in ten households have children and the share of residents under fifteen is well above the national middle — every component of that pillar points the same way.

Wealth & income is the weakest point at 6.0, and the figure is divided. Property value is clearly above the national median, but social assistance runs three times as high and the share of low incomes is just above the national middle. In these figures an expensive neighbourhood is not automatically a wealthy one.

In quiet & nature the tree canopy stands out: twice as dense as nationally, while ambient noise stays just above the median.

no. 938 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 6 of 33 in Zeist

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Is Vogelwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vogelwijk comes out at 17 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

17.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

6.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 49 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

1.2 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

4.8 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

3.8 km

Café

2.3 km

Library

3.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 482,000

Welfare recipients

24.2 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

53%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

80%

Built after 2000

32%

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

4,325 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

59%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,779

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.6 km

Households with children

43%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

22%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vogelwijk has strikingly many children under 15: 22%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1522%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,325 — 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 Vogelwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vogelwijk comes out at 17 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 Vogelwijk?

In Vogelwijk the police recorded 49 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Vogelwijk calculated?

Vogelwijk scores 9.5 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 Vogelwijk 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.