District Amerongen
District in municipality Utrechtse Heuvelrug · Utrecht
- 2.749 homes
- 6.945 inhabitants
- avg. year of construction 1970
- avg. WOZ € 439.000
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Homes in Amerongen
- Homes
- 2.749 addresses with residential function (BAG)
- Average build year
- 1970
- Average living area
- 134 m²
- Housing stock (CBS)
- 2.919 2025
Home type
Energy label
Building period
Residents
- Residents
- 6.945 January 1, 2025
- Households
- 2.970 avg. 2,3 people
- One-person households
- 33%
- Households with children
- 34%
- Population density
- 244 inhabitants per km²
- Area
- 29,7 km² of which 1,3 km² water
Age distribution
Housing and value
- Average WOZ value
- € 439.000 CBS 2024
- Owner-occupied homes
- 67%
- Rental homes
- 33% 23% housing association
- Single-family homes
- 79% 21% multi-family
- Built in the last 10 years
- 4%
- Unoccupied properties
- 6%
- New build in the year
- 25 delivered homes
The WOZ value is the average of all homes in the area (valuation date January 1 of the previous year), not the market value of a specific property.
Energy
- Avg. electricity consumption
- 2.940 kWh per dwelling per year
- Avg. feed-in
- 1.000 kWh solar power per home
- Avg. gas consumption
- 1.000 m³ per dwelling per year
- Homes with solar panels
- 41%
- Gas-free
- 5%
- Mainly electrically heated
- 8%
Consumption is the average of all homes with a connection in the area (CBS); the label distribution is shown under "Woningen".
Amenities and accessibility
- Large supermarket
- 1,3 km avg. distance
- General practice
- 1,3 km avg. distance
- Primary school
- 700 m avg. distance
- Daycare
- 700 m avg. distance
- Schools within 3 km
- 2
- Urbanity
- Low urban density 587 addresses per km²
- Cars per household
- 1,2 3.544 passenger cars
- Company locations
- 1.120 of which 140 retail and hospitality
Road distances, averaged for all residents of the area (CBS).
Living environment: noise, water, air, light and green
- Average noise level (Lden)
- 52 dB municipality 50 dB
- Homes with road traffic above 55 dB
- 20% municipality 18%
- Homes with rail traffic above 55 dB
- 2% municipality 3%
- Homes with air traffic above 48 dB
- 0% municipality 0%
- Homes with wind turbine noise above 40 dB
- 0%
- 's nachts wegverkeer boven 50 dB
- 4% municipality 7%
Noise level of the 2.749 homes
Flooding
- Homes that may flood
- 4% municipality 19%
- Of which more than 0.5 m water
- 3%
- Of which more than 2 m water
- 1%
- Maximum water depth
- 6,0 m average 1,5 m where it floods
Air, light and green
- NO₂
- 9,5 µg/m³ 24% above WHO advice (10)
- PM2,5
- 8,6 µg/m³ 100% above WHO recommendation (5)
- PM10
- 14,6 µg/m³ 8% above WHO advice (15)
- Night lighting
- Dark municipality: dark
- Green within 500 m
- 71% municipality 74%
Noise: RIVM noise maps (road and rail 2020, aviation 2022, wind turbines 2024), annual average Lden per 10 m, sampled at each address. Flooding: LIWO (Rijkswaterstaat), map of maximum water depth; depth says nothing about probability. Air: RIVM annual average concentrations at 25 m. Light: RIVM light emission map 2023. Green: RIVM green map 2022, share of green within 500 m. Turn the noise map on in the map above.
Climate and safety
- Apparent temperature on a hot day
- 46–48 °C extreme heat stress
- Homes with extreme heat stress (41 °C or higher)
- 93% municipality 80%
- Urban heat island effect
- 0,4–0,6 °C on average warmer than the surrounding area
- Homes with a cool spot within 300 m
- 75% municipality 87%
- Homes with moderate or high flood risk
- 76% municipality 90%
- Homes with increased risk of groundwater nuisance in 2050
- 92% municipality 83%
- Homes with a stormwater channel alongside the house
- 14% municipality 6%
- Homes in the magnetic field zone of a high-voltage line
- 0% municipality 1%
- Homes within 1 km of a wind turbine
- 0% municipality 0%
Climate Impact Atlas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): perceived temperature and heat island 2022, cool spots, location-specific flood probability (at least 20 cm water), dry floors, risk of groundwater nuisance 2050 (high scenario), flow paths at 70 mm precipitation per hour; sampled per dwelling. High-voltage lines: RIVM Netkaart with calculation distances. Wind turbines: RIVM. Turn on the heat map on the map above.
Safety
- Crimes per 1,000 inhabitants
- 22 Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
- Registered crimes
- 149 +5% vs. the previous year
- Residential burglaries per 1,000 homes
- 1,8 5 burglaries
- Municipality
- 30 per 1,000 inhabitants
- Netherlands
- 45 per 1,000 inhabitants
Types of crimes (last 12 months)
Per year
Source: police, registered crimes per area (CBS/police open data, monthly figures). Per 1,000 inhabitants based on the area's population; not every crime is reported.
Liveability
Good Liveability meter 2024
very insufficientexcellent
- Liveability
- Good class 7 of 9, measurement 2024
- Score
- 4,14 +0,04 vs. the national average
- Since the previous measurement
- +0,01 measurement 2022: Good
- Municipality
- Very good score 4,19
Five dimensions, deviation from the national average
- Physical environment green, water, buildings, noise +0,01 sufficient
- Housing stock type, construction year, ownership +0,03 sufficient
- Amenities shops, schools, healthcare, public transport −0,09 insufficient
- Social cohesion population composition, relocations +0,04 sufficient
- Nuisance and insecurity crime and nuisance +0,07 more than sufficient
Source: Leefbaarometer 3.0 (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, CC0), biennial estimate based on over a hundred characteristics; the score expresses how residents rate livability on average. Negative = below the national average.
Income and work
- Avg. income per resident
- € 36.100 per year
- Avg. income per income recipient
- € 43.900 per year
- Median household wealth
- € 259.000
- Net labour participation
- 74% from 15 to 75 years
- Self-employed
- 24% of the working population
- Top 20% incomes
- 22,4% share of people (nationally 20%)