district in Utrecht
Noordoost
Noordoost has 11 neighbourhoods with 40,045 residents in total.
Noordoost is the prosperous Utrecht of Wittevrouwen and the Vogelenbuurt, eleven neighbourhoods and just over 40,000 residents up against the centre. Wealth and income stands out at 8.1, amenities reach 8.8, and the overall lands at 6.2. Safety just about holds at 5.3. Only quiet and nature trails, at 4.3, the price of dense pre-war building. This ranks among the most sought-after parts of the city.
no. 2 of the 10 districts of Utrecht
Short answer: Noordoost scores 8.0 as a district of Utrecht, no. 2 of the 10 districts of Utrecht. Its strongest neighbourhood is Tuinwijk-Oost (9.3), the worst Lauwerecht (5.0). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 40,045 residents in total.
Key figures for Noordoost
- residents
- 40,045
- neighbourhoods
- 11
- km² of land
- 5
How Noordoost 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, 1,826 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
Noordoost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4535%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+13%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,395 — 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 Noordoost, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Noordoost
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Noordoost.
Neighbourhoods in Noordoost
Sorted by total grade