district in Houten
Houten Zuid-West
Houten Zuid-West has 10 neighbourhoods with 11,725 residents in total.
Houten Zuid-West is largely new-build, its neighbourhoods named after landscape features, from Waters to Polders. Prosperity (8.8) ranks among the highest marks in this set, with safety (8.4) and the overall (8.4) close behind. Amenities (5.5) and quiet and nature (3.8) are the most modest. Ten neighbourhoods hold nearly 11,700 residents in a distinctly child-friendly district where families score a high 8.3.
no. 4 of the 11 districts of Houten
Short answer: Houten Zuid-West scores 8.4 as a district of Houten, no. 4 of the 11 districts of Houten. Its strongest neighbourhood is Waters (9.7), the worst Castellum West (3.9). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 11,725 residents in total.
Key figures for Houten Zuid-West
- residents
- 11,725
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 1.9
How Houten 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, 247 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-West has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 12%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+12%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
50% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,797 — 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-West, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Houten Zuid-West
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Neighbourhoods in Houten Zuid-West
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