district in Maastricht
Buitenwijk Zuidoost
Buitenwijk Zuidoost has 5 neighbourhoods with 21,695 residents in total.
Buitenwijk Zuidoost is the modern edge of Maastricht around Randwyck and the university campus, five neighbourhoods and nearly 22,000 residents that also take in village-like Heer and De Heeg. Amenities score 8.7, with the station and hospital close by. Wealth and income lag far behind at 3.6, though, safety comes to 5.2 and quiet and nature to 5.5. With a 4.8 overall, this is a mixed district of campus, offices and post-war streets.
no. 3 of the 7 districts of Maastricht
Short answer: Buitenwijk Zuidoost scores 4.8 as a district of Maastricht, no. 3 of the 7 districts of Maastricht. Its strongest neighbourhood is Vroendaal (8.8), the worst Heugem (4.2). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 21,695 residents in total.
Key figures for Buitenwijk Zuidoost
- residents
- 21,695
- neighbourhoods
- 5
- km² of land
- 9.7
How Buitenwijk 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, 811 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
Buitenwijk Zuidoost has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 19%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–2519%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,017 — 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 Buitenwijk Zuidoost, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Buitenwijk Zuidoost
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