district in Stichtse Vecht
Maarssenbroek
Maarssenbroek has 15 neighbourhoods with 23,625 residents in total.
Maarssenbroek is the post-war expansion of Stichtse Vecht, fifteen neighbourhoods with animal names such as Zwanenkamp and Duivenkamp, together just over 23,000 residents. Safety scores 7.4 and the overall 7.5, sound figures for a spaciously built commuter district near Utrecht. Amenities (6.6) and wealth (6.4) hold around the middle, while quiet and nature trails at 4.1. The families grade gives 7.8. A planned district with no marked problems or high points.
no. 6 of the 12 districts of Stichtse Vecht
Short answer: Maarssenbroek scores 7.5 as a district of Stichtse Vecht, no. 6 of the 12 districts of Stichtse Vecht. Its strongest neighbourhood is Boomstede (9.9), the worst Verbindingswegen (2.6). The district has 15 neighbourhoods with 23,625 residents in total.
Key figures for Maarssenbroek
- residents
- 23,625
- neighbourhoods
- 15
- km² of land
- 4.5
How Maarssenbroek 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, 820 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
Maarssenbroek has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,203 — 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 Maarssenbroek, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Maarssenbroek
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Maarssenbroek.
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Neighbourhoods in Maarssenbroek
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