district in Stichtse Vecht
Maarssen
Maarssen has 19 neighbourhoods with 16,080 residents in total.
Maarssen gathers nineteen neighbourhoods and just over 16,000 residents along the Vecht in the municipality of Stichtse Vecht. Wealth and income leads at 7.8, and the overall comes to 7.3. Amenities hold up at 7.2 and safety at 6.7. Quiet and nature is the weakest at 4.5. Families land on 7.7. A prosperous commuter town with country estates along the river.
no. 4 of the 12 districts of Stichtse Vecht
Short answer: Maarssen scores 8.0 as a district of Stichtse Vecht, no. 4 of the 12 districts of Stichtse Vecht. Its strongest neighbourhood is Zogwetering (9.9), the worst Bethunepolder-zuid (5.6). The district has 19 neighbourhoods with 16,080 residents in total.
Key figures for Maarssen
- residents
- 16,080
- neighbourhoods
- 19
- km² of land
- 9.4
How Maarssen 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, 461 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
The age profile of Maarssen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,419 — 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 Maarssen, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Maarssen
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Maarssen.
Highest grades
Neighbourhoods in Maarssen
Sorted by total grade
- 1Zogwetering9.9
- 2Componistenbuurt9.7
- 3Reizende man9.7
- 4Zandweg-Oostwaard9.3
- 5Hogebrug9.3
- 6Centrum ten zuiden van de Vecht9.0
- 7Lanenkwartier8.9
- 8Zeeheldenbuurt8.5
- 9Otterspoorbroek8.4
- 10Friezenbuurt7.8
- 11Centrum ten noorden van de Vecht7.5
- 12Staatsliedenbuurt6.5
- 13Omgeving Goudestein6.4
- 14Maarsseveen6.1
- 15Op Buuren6.0
- 16Schilderskwartier5.9
- 17Bethunepolder-zuid5.6
- –Park Vechtenstein
- –Begraafplaats Maarssen