district in Zeist
Zeist Centrum
Zeist Centrum has 5 neighbourhoods with 15,985 residents in total.
The centre of Zeist takes in five neighbourhoods and nearly 16,000 residents, from the Centrumschil to the Lyceumkwartier. Amenities (8.4) and wealth and income (7.5) sit well above the middle, and the overall grade lands on 7.5 too. Safety trails slightly at 6.5. Quiet and nature is the weak point at 5.8. A prosperous, urban core with well-to-do avenues around the old Slot.
no. 2 of the 5 districts of Zeist
Short answer: Zeist Centrum scores 8.2 as a district of Zeist, no. 2 of the 5 districts of Zeist. Its strongest neighbourhood is Lyceumkwartier (9.9), the worst Carré (3.7). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 15,985 residents in total.
Key figures for Zeist Centrum
- residents
- 15,985
- neighbourhoods
- 5
- km² of land
- 4.3
How Zeist Centrum 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, 602 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 Zeist Centrum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,124 — 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 Zeist Centrum, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Zeist Centrum
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Zeist Centrum.
Lowest grades
Neighbourhoods in Zeist Centrum
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