The population is growing faster than in Hilversum. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Hilversum, and registered crime per resident is higher.
The average WOZ value in Centrum is €367,000, 23% lower than in Hilversum (€477,000). Between 2014 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 94%, against a rise of 89% in Hilversum. 41% of the homes are owner-occupied, 13 percentage points less than in Hilversum (54%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€367,000
▼23% lower than Hilversum (€477,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2014
+94%
▲higher than Hilversum (+89%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
41%
▼13 percentage points lower than Hilversum (54%)
Social housing
20%
▼9 percentage points lower than Hilversum (29%)
Private rent
39%
▲23 percentage points higher than Hilversum (16%)
Single-family dwellings
31%
▼27 percentage points lower than Hilversum (58%)
Built 1945–1964
3%
▼17 percentage points lower than Hilversum (20%)
Built 1992–2005
16%
▲9 percentage points higher than Hilversum (7%)
Built 1965–1974
3%
▼7 percentage points lower than Hilversum (10%)
Average WOZ value
€367,000
▼23% lower than Hilversum (€477,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2014
+94%
▲higher than Hilversum (+89%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
41%
▼13 percentage points lower than Hilversum (54%)
Social housing
20%
▼9 percentage points lower than Hilversum (29%)
Private rent
39%
▲23 percentage points higher than Hilversum (16%)
Single-family dwellings
31%
▼27 percentage points lower than Hilversum (58%)
Built 1945–1964
3%
▼17 percentage points lower than Hilversum (20%)
Built 1992–2005
16%
▲9 percentage points higher than Hilversum (7%)
Built 1965–1974
3%
▼7 percentage points lower than Hilversum (10%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 94% between 2014 and 2025, to €367,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€367,000▼ 23% below Hilversum
+94% since 2014
Hilversum +89%
Explanation
The WOZ value as struck on 1 January of the year before the KWB edition.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Modelled ownership costs
Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€261 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€261/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
108 m² · estimated gemeente average
WOZ €367,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€113NL median
Water board levy€42–
Waste levy€32€27
Property tax (OZB)€20€32
Sewage levy€19€22
Costs to set aside€148
Maintenance reserve€138–
Buildings insurance€10–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Hilversum's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 48th of 334 gemeenten, cheapest first.
cheapestdearest
Water board, maintenance and insurance are estimated from national rates and the home's value and size, so they aren't compared.
Explanation
The home: one typical home of 108 m² (estimated gemeente average) with the average WOZ value here, €367,000.
Levies: Hilversum's own OZB, sewage and waste rates for 2026. The water board levy uses national average rates.
Set aside: maintenance at 0.85% and buildings insurance at 0.06% a year of the rebuild cost (€1,800 per m²).
NL median: what the same home would pay in the middle gemeente. Gemeenten where a regional body collects the waste levy are left out.
Not included: mortgage and energy. These are estimates, not actual bills.
Source: Municipal levies + CBS 2026
Dwelling value ladder
Centrum has the lowest WOZ value of the 9 wijken in the municipality of Hilversum.
Average WOZ value from the Netherlands down to this area, and its rank within its own group (e.g. buurten within the same wijk). Provincie is omitted: KWB publishes no province rows to average.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)
WOZ value and age structure
Here: €367,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Centrum
367,000
5,644
–
Noordwest
857,000
3,650
–
Zuidwest
389,000
4,524
–
Zuid
460,000
8,244
–
Zuidoost
614,000
4,557
–
Oost
423,000
9,560
–
Noordoost
394,000
5,495
–
Hilversumse Meent
484,000
1,831
–
Landelijk Gebied
890,000
389
–
Explanation
Each circle is an area: position by average WOZ value, size by dwelling count. The 65-and-over share (pct_65_plus) travels on every point but is not yet drawn as a second axis.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)
Dwellings by ownership
The largest category is owner-occupied, at 41% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied41%
Social housing20%
Private rent39%
Explanation
CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Dwellings by type
69% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.
Single-family homes31%
Multi-family homes69%
Explanation
CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Dwellings by build period
48% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 41% in the municipality of Hilversum.
Before 194547.9%
1945-19642.9%
1965-19743.1%
1975-199117.5%
1992-200516.3%
2006-20156%
2016 and later6.3%
Explanation
Based on 5,737 dwellings with a registered construction year in the BAG (verblijfsobjecten whose pand has no usable bouwjaar, such as 1005 or 9999, are excluded).
Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01
02 · Safety
More registered crime per resident than the Hilversum average.
In 2025, 122 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Centrum, 2.8 times as high as in Hilversum (43). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 18%, against no real change in Hilversum. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
122
▲2.8 times as high as Hilversum (43)
Change since 2021
+18%
▲higher than Hilversum (-0%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
2.3
▼18% lower than Hilversum (2.8)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
122
▲2.8 times as high as Hilversum (43)
Change since 2021
+18%
▲higher than Hilversum (-0%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
2.3
▼18% lower than Hilversum (2.8)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Centrum registered 122 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 43 in the municipality of Hilversum.
Centrum122
The municipality of Hilversum43
Explanation
Crime is counted where it happens and divided by the number of residents, so places with many visitors — city centres, nightlife, stations — score higher.
The largest category in Centrum is 'Theft and burglary': 70.1 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 18.6 in the municipality of Hilversum.
CentrumHilversum
Theft and burglary70.1
Hilversum 18.6▲ +277% vs Hilversum
Violence and threats14.1
Hilversum 4.4▲ +220% vs Hilversum
Vandalism and public order12.3
Hilversum 5.6▲ +120% vs Hilversum
Traffic10.9
Hilversum 7.4▲ +47% vs Hilversum
Other and withheld7.8
Hilversum 2.0▲ +290% vs Hilversum
Fraud and scams6.3
Hilversum 4.7▲ +34% vs Hilversum
Environmental0.5
Hilversum 0.2≈ Hilversum
Explanation
Four categories are structurally withheld at buurt level (sex offences, child pornography, child prostitution, other integrity offences); the gap with the published total is shown under 'other'.
In 2024, police in Centrum registered 49 traffic accidents, of which 15 with injury and none fatal.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
FatalInjuryMaterial damage only
Explanation
Registered accidents (BRON, Rijkswaterstaat); material-damage-only accidents have not been systematically registered since roughly 2010 and are not comparable between areas. This area shows only accidents with an exactly known location (roughly 80-85% of all registered accidents); the rest is known only at street, intersection or gemeente level. The comparison with the gemeente therefore also uses only the gemeente's exactly-located accidents, which is why that figure is lower than on the gemeente's own page.
Source: BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024
03 · Living environment
Residents rate their health about average; green space is below the Hilversum average.
An estimated 74% of adults in Centrum rate their own health as good, about the same as in Hilversum. More adults feel lonely (53% against 47%), more report anxiety or depression (55% against 49%), more smoke (23% against 18%) and more drink excessively (8% against 6%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Centrum, covering 93% of the area, against 33% in Hilversum. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 1% of the area, 47 percentage points below the 48% in Hilversum.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
74%
=about the same as Hilversum (74%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
1%
▼47 percentage points lower than Hilversum (48%)
More figures
Lonely
53%
▲6 percentage points higher than Hilversum (47%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
55%
▲6 percentage points higher than Hilversum (49%)
Smokes
23%
▲5 percentage points higher than Hilversum (18%)
Overweight
44%
▼2 percentage points lower than Hilversum (46%)
Built-up, share of the area
93%
▲60 percentage points higher than Hilversum (33%)
Forest and nature, share of the area
0%
▼42 percentage points lower than Hilversum (42%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼11 percentage points lower than Hilversum (11%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
74%
=about the same as Hilversum (74%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
1%
▼47 percentage points lower than Hilversum (48%)
More figures
Lonely
53%
▲6 percentage points higher than Hilversum (47%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
55%
▲6 percentage points higher than Hilversum (49%)
Smokes
23%
▲5 percentage points higher than Hilversum (18%)
Overweight
44%
▼2 percentage points lower than Hilversum (46%)
Built-up, share of the area
93%
▲60 percentage points higher than Hilversum (33%)
Forest and nature, share of the area
0%
▼42 percentage points lower than Hilversum (42%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼11 percentage points lower than Hilversum (11%)
Health
An estimated 74% of adults rate their own health as good, against 74% in the municipality of Hilversum (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Hilversum
Good self-rated health
73.9%
74.1%
Smokes
22.8%
18%
Excessive drinking
7.6%
6.5%
Overweight
44.4%
46.5%
Lonely
53.3%
47.2%
Anxiety or depression feelings
54.9%
49%
Meets physical activity guideline
53.7%
53.4%
Explanation
An RIVM model estimate (small-area estimation from the 2024 Health Monitor for Adults and Elderly), not a direct tabulation — even a buurt that was not itself surveyed gets an estimate. Figures cover adults aged 18 and over.
Source: RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024
Land use
1.0% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 48% in the municipality of Hilversum.
Traffic5.8%
Built-up93.2%
Recreation1%
Explanation
Every share is calculated as a percentage of the TOTAL area (land and water together, peiljaar 2022); water is therefore one of the slices itself, not a separate whole. Green is the sum of recreational terrain (parks, sport fields, allotments, day recreation) and natural terrain (forest, open natural terrain) — agricultural land is not counted as green here.
Source: CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022
04 · Residents
The population is growing faster than the Hilversum average.
Centrum has 10,410 inhabitants (2026), or 10,106 per km² (4.9 times as high as in Hilversum). Between 2014 and 2026 the population rose 17%, against a rise of 9% in Hilversum. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Hilversum was 80%, 2 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 had the highest share there: 24% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.
Key figures
Population growth since 2014
+17%
▲higher than Hilversum (+9%)
Turnout, municipality of Hilversum
80%
▲2 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+19%
▲higher than Hilversum (+8%)
Aged 25 to 45
41%
▲14 percentage points higher than Hilversum (27%)
Never married
62%
▲9 percentage points higher than Hilversum (53%)
Dutch origin
51%
▼13 percentage points lower than Hilversum (64%)
Higher education (hbo, wo)
43%
▲1 percentage point higher than Hilversum (42%)
D66, share of the vote
24%
▲7 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2014
+17%
▲higher than Hilversum (+9%)
Turnout, municipality of Hilversum
80%
▲2 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+19%
▲higher than Hilversum (+8%)
Aged 25 to 45
41%
▲14 percentage points higher than Hilversum (27%)
Never married
62%
▲9 percentage points higher than Hilversum (53%)
Dutch origin
51%
▼13 percentage points lower than Hilversum (64%)
Higher education (hbo, wo)
43%
▲1 percentage point higher than Hilversum (42%)
D66, share of the vote
24%
▲7 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population grew 17% between 2014 and 2026, to 10,410.
Residents, 2026
10,410
+17% since 2014
Hilversum +9%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 10,106 residents per km², this wijk is 4.9 times as densely populated as the municipality of Hilversum.
Residents per km²10,106
Dwellings per km²5,479.6
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 9.7 children were born per 1,000 residents; 6.3 died per 1,000.
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
41% of residents are between 25 and 45.
0 to 151,175
15 to 251,165
25 to 454,250
45 to 652,475
65 to 801,040
80 and over300
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
62% of residents are never married.
Never married6,490
Married2,745
Divorced895
Widowed280
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
51% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands5,355
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)1,835
Outside Europe3,220
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Education level of residents aged 15 to 75
44% of residents have a higher professional (hbo) or university (wo) education.
Primary, vmbo, mbo11,900
Havo, vwo, mbo2-42,900
Higher professional, university3,690
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Hilversum; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 80% of eligible voters in Hilversum voted. The largest party was D66 with 24% of the valid votes.
Municipality of HilversumThe Netherlands
D66
24.3%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
11.9%
16.7%
VVD
14.3%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
17.4%
12.8%
CDA
8.9%
11.8%
JA21
4.5%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
3.6%
4.5%
BBB
1.3%
2.6%
Other
13.7%
14.4%
Explanation
Official election result (Kiesraad), top 8 parties by national vote count plus 'Other'; share of valid votes. A voter may vote at any polling station in their own gemeente; there is therefore no reliable buurt- or wijk-level result. This figure is the whole gemeente's own result.
Source: Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025
05 · More figures
More figures
Centrum has an average of 0.6 cars per household, 33% lower than in Hilversum (0.9). 21% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 6 percentage points less than in Hilversum (27%).
Key figures
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
24%
▲11 percentage points higher than Hilversum (13%)
Business services, share of businesses
22%
▼9 percentage points lower than Hilversum (31%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
13%
▼4 percentage points lower than Hilversum (17%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.6
▼33% lower than Hilversum (0.9)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
21%
▼6 percentage points lower than Hilversum (27%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2014
+3 pp
=about the same as Hilversum (+4 pp)
Retail, share of addresses
8%
▲6 percentage points higher than Hilversum (2%)
Residential, share of addresses
85%
▼3 percentage points lower than Hilversum (88%)
Assembly, share of addresses
2%
▲1 percentage point higher than Hilversum (1%)
Private rent
39%
▲25 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Single-family dwellings
31%
▼32 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Multi-family dwellings
69%
▲32 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
24%
▲11 percentage points higher than Hilversum (13%)
Business services, share of businesses
22%
▼9 percentage points lower than Hilversum (31%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
13%
▼4 percentage points lower than Hilversum (17%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.6
▼33% lower than Hilversum (0.9)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
21%
▼6 percentage points lower than Hilversum (27%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2014
+3 pp
=about the same as Hilversum (+4 pp)
Retail, share of addresses
8%
▲6 percentage points higher than Hilversum (2%)
Residential, share of addresses
85%
▼3 percentage points lower than Hilversum (88%)
Assembly, share of addresses
2%
▲1 percentage point higher than Hilversum (1%)
Private rent
39%
▲25 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Single-family dwellings
31%
▼32 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Multi-family dwellings
69%
▲32 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
Business establishments by sector
Handel en horeca is the largest sector, with 560 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie280
Handel en horeca560
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie280
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed85
Zakelijke dienstverlening530
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg310
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten315
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
21% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 27% in the municipality of Hilversum (2025).
Petrol79.1%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)20.9%
Explanation
CBS splits passenger cars into 'petrol' and 'other fuel' only. That second category bundles diesel, LPG, electric (including hybrid), hydrogen, alcohol, LNG and CNG together — CBS publishes no separate electric-car count per buurt, wijk or gemeente, so this is not the same as an 'electric share'.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Share on other fuel per year
The share of passenger cars not running on petrol went from 18% to 21% between 2014 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
21%▼ 6 percentage points below Hilversum (27%)
+3 pp since 2014
Hilversum +4 pp
Explanation
See the 'Passenger cars by fuel type' card for what 'other fuel' covers — this is not the share of electric cars.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Vehicles by kind
In 2025, 3,500 passenger cars and 395 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars3,500
Motorcycles395
Explanation
At this level CBS publishes only passenger cars and motorcycles, no vans or trucks.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Addresses by building use
85% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is retail (8%).
Residential84.6%
Retail8.3%
Office2.1%
Assembly2.4%
Healthcare0.4%
Industrial1.2%
Lodging0.1%
Education0.1%
Sports0.1%
Other3.7%
Explanation
Based on 6,782 verblijfsobjecten in use. An object with several registered uses (e.g. a flat above a shop) is counted under each of them, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01
Biggest difference from the Netherlands
10,106 residents per km²: 19 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.
This areaThe Netherlands
Residents per km²10,106
NL 539▲ +1775% vs NL
Private rent39%
NL 14%▲ +179% vs NL
Single-family dwellings31%
NL 63%▼ −51% vs NL
Multi-family dwellings69%
NL 37%▲ +87% vs NL
Social housing20%
NL 28%▼ −29% vs NL
Explanation
The 5 characteristics that differ most from the national average, ranked by log ratio (so a halving and a doubling count as equally different); the shown percentage is the ordinary difference against the Netherlands.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026