district in De Bilt
Bilthoven Zuid West
Bilthoven Zuid West has 3 neighbourhoods with 8,465 residents in total.
Bilthoven Zuid-West bundles Brandenburg, Tuindorp and the newer Larenstein, between the station and Utrecht's urban edge. Amenities stand out with an 8.1; safety (6.3) and wealth (5.8) sit closer to the middle. The Heuvelrug woods begin across the railway. Overall: 7.2.
no. 8 of the 10 districts of De Bilt
Short answer: Bilthoven Zuid West scores 7.2 as a district of De Bilt, no. 8 of the 10 districts of De Bilt. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Tuindorp (9.7). The district has 3 neighbourhoods with 8,465 residents in total.
Key figures for Bilthoven Zuid West
- residents
- 8,465
- neighbourhoods
- 3
- km² of land
- 2.4
How Bilthoven Zuid West 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, 266 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.
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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.
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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.
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Who lives here
Bilthoven Zuid West has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,732 — 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 Bilthoven Zuid West, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Bilthoven Zuid West
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