The districts of De Bilt
De Bilt has 43,795 residents (2026), spread across 10 districts and 24 neighbourhoods.
Good for children, with a safety question
De Bilt comes out at 8.0 as a municipality — better than 73% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Families lift that grade with 7.4; safety holds it back at 6.2. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Bilthoven Noord I (9.9), the lowest in Industrieweg-Tolakkerweg (3.8). That is 6.1 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for De Bilt
- residents
- 43,795
- districts
- 10
- neighbourhoods
- 24
- km² of land
- 66.2
How De Bilt 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.
In 2025, 1,580 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in De Bilt →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in De Bilt →
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
The age profile of De Bilt looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,273 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in De Bilt, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in De Bilt →Bilthoven Noord I
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De Bilt Zuid
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Tuindorp
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Groenekan Kern
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Bilthoven Noord II
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Overbosch
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Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of De Bilt
The worst districts of De Bilt are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of De Bilt: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of De Bilt: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for De Bilt →
Other rankings
The 10 districts of De Bilt with a grade
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