district in Utrecht
Vleuten-De Meern
Vleuten-De Meern has 12 neighbourhoods with 51,240 residents in total.
Vleuten-De Meern forms Utrecht's western edge, a sprawling new-build district of just over 51,000 residents across twelve neighbourhoods such as Vleuterweide and De Meern. Its marks rank among the highest in this set: 8.9 overall, wealth and income at 8.8 and safety at 7.0. Amenities lag a little at 6.8, the inevitable cost of a spacious, car-oriented layout. For families, the 8.9 says it plainly: this is family territory.
no. 1 of the 10 districts of Utrecht
Short answer: Vleuten-De Meern scores 8.9 as a district of Utrecht, no. 1 of the 10 districts of Utrecht. Its strongest neighbourhood is Vleuterweide-Zuid (9.8), the worst Rijnenburg (3.3). The district has 12 neighbourhoods with 51,240 residents in total.
Key figures for Vleuten-De Meern
- residents
- 51,240
- neighbourhoods
- 12
- km² of land
- 34.7
How Vleuten-De Meern 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, 1,869 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
Vleuten-De Meern has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
52% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,035 — 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 Vleuten-De Meern, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Vleuten-De Meern
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Vleuten-De Meern.
Neighbourhoods in Vleuten-De Meern
Sorted by total grade