district in Houten
Houten Zuid-Oost
Houten Zuid-Oost has 7 neighbourhoods with 10,700 residents in total.
Houten Zuid-Oost is recent new-build, its neighbourhoods referencing landscape features, from Mossen to Landen. The overall (9.2) is among the highest in this set, with safety (9.5) and wealth (8.7) both well above the middle. Amenities (5.4) and quiet & nature (4.6) follow at a distance. Seven neighbourhoods hold over 10,700 residents.
no. 1 of the 11 districts of Houten
Short answer: Houten Zuid-Oost scores 9.2 as a district of Houten, no. 1 of the 11 districts of Houten. Its strongest neighbourhood is Tuinen (10.0), the lowest-scoring Sporen (8.0). The district has 7 neighbourhoods with 10,700 residents in total.
Key figures for Houten Zuid-Oost
- residents
- 10,700
- neighbourhoods
- 7
- km² of land
- 1.8
How Houten Zuid-Oost 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, 121 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
Houten Zuid-Oost has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 14%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
NL median 28%
- 65+14%
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
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
47% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,653 — 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 Houten Zuid-Oost, weighted by population.
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Neighbourhoods in Houten Zuid-Oost
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