district in Apeldoorn
Zuidoost
Zuidoost has 8 neighbourhoods with 25,255 residents in total.
Apeldoorn-Zuidoost is the district of the Maten, eight neighbourhoods with near-identical names and just over 25,000 residents. Safety stands out at 7.7 and amenities reach 7.2, sound figures for a spacious 1970s residential quarter. Prosperity and income, though, stay below the median at 4.1, and the overall lands at 4.8. Peace and space stays at 5.1, and for families the mark is 8.4. A quiet, green but somewhat dated urban edge in want of renewal.
no. 10 of the 16 districts of Apeldoorn
Short answer: Zuidoost scores 7.0 as a district of Apeldoorn, no. 10 of the 16 districts of Apeldoorn. Its strongest neighbourhood is Matendreef (7.9), the worst Matengaarde (3.8). The district has 8 neighbourhoods with 25,255 residents in total.
Key figures for Zuidoost
- residents
- 25,255
- neighbourhoods
- 8
- km² of land
- 5.9
How Zuidoost 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, 673 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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 Zuidoost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,017 — 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 Zuidoost, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Zuidoost
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Neighbourhoods in Zuidoost
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