district in Dronten
Dronten west
Dronten west has 5 neighbourhoods with 10,185 residents in total.
Dronten west groups five neighbourhoods with guild names such as De Gilden and De Munten, plus a business zone, together over 10,100 residents on the Flevoland clay. Safety stands out at 9.6 and the overall follows with a strong 9.0. Wealth and income (7.3) sits comfortably above the national middle, quiet and nature (7.0) just above it. Only amenities lag, at 5.4, the price of the spacious, young layout. A safe, pleasant polder district where the shops are a longer drive.
no. 1 of the 7 districts of Dronten
Short answer: Dronten west scores 9.0 as a district of Dronten, no. 1 of the 7 districts of Dronten. Its strongest neighbourhood is De Gilden (9.4), the worst Business Zone Delta (3.8). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 10,185 residents in total.
Key figures for Dronten west
- residents
- 10,185
- neighbourhoods
- 5
- km² of land
- 4.8
How Dronten 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, 144 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
Dronten west has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 10%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+10%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,127 — 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 west, weighted by population.
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