The districts of Dronten
Dronten has 44,845 residents (2026), spread across 8 districts and 43 neighbourhoods.
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Dronten averages 6.9, which puts the municipality above 59% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.5; wealth and income hold it back at 5.8. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in De Manege (9.7), the lowest in AZC (2.5). That is 7.2 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Dronten
- residents
- 44,845
- districts
- 8
- neighbourhoods
- 43
- km² of land
- 334
How Dronten 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, 1,191 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Dronten →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Dronten →
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 Dronten looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,403 — 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 Dronten, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Dronten →De Manege
Dronten
De Landmaten
Dronten
De Gilden
Dronten
Bungalowpark
Dronten
De Kaai
Dronten
De Munten
Dronten
Weakest neighbourhoods
The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Dronten →Other rankings
All districts of Dronten
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