The districts of Gooise Meren
Gooise Meren has 61,030 residents (2026), spread across 7 districts and 57 neighbourhoods.
Everything for children close by, and little room
Gooise Meren comes out at 8.4 as a municipality — better than 78% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Families lift that grade with 8.3; quiet and nature hold it back at 5.6. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Bredius-West (10.0), the lowest in Pampusweg (2.6). That is 7.4 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Gooise Meren
- residents
- 61,030
- districts
- 7
- neighbourhoods
- 57
- km² of land
- 41.4
How Gooise Meren 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, 2,493 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Gooise Meren →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Gooise Meren →
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
Gooise Meren has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,211 — 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 Gooise Meren, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Gooise Meren →Bredius-West
Gooise Meren
Koedijk
Gooise Meren
Waltherlaan
Gooise Meren
Bloemenbuurt
Gooise Meren
Vondellaan
Gooise Meren
Oranje Nassaupark-Noord
Gooise Meren
Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of Gooise Meren
The worst districts of Gooise Meren 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 Gooise Meren: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Gooise Meren: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Gooise Meren →
Other rankings
The 7 districts of Gooise Meren with a grade
Sorted by total grade