The population is shrinking, while it grows in Houten. Homes cost more than the average in the municipality of Houten, and registered crime per resident is lower.
The average WOZ value in Bermen is €554,000, 5% higher than in Houten (€526,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 34%, against a rise of 39% in Houten. 99% of the homes are owner-occupied, 32 percentage points more than in Houten (67%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€554,000
▲5% higher than Houten (€526,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+34%
▼lower than Houten (+39%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
99%
▲32 percentage points higher than Houten (67%)
Social housing
0%
▼24 percentage points lower than Houten (24%)
Private rent
1%
▼8 percentage points lower than Houten (9%)
Single-family dwellings
72%
▼2 percentage points lower than Houten (74%)
Built 1992–2005
19%
▼13 percentage points lower than Houten (32%)
Average WOZ value
€554,000
▲5% higher than Houten (€526,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+34%
▼lower than Houten (+39%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
99%
▲32 percentage points higher than Houten (67%)
Social housing
0%
▼24 percentage points lower than Houten (24%)
Private rent
1%
▼8 percentage points lower than Houten (9%)
Single-family dwellings
72%
▼2 percentage points lower than Houten (74%)
Built 1992–2005
19%
▼13 percentage points lower than Houten (32%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 34% between 2021 and 2025, to €554,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€554,000▲ 5% above Houten
+34% since 2021
Houten +39%
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: ~€328 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€328/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
141 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €554,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€135NL median
Water board levy€47–
Property tax (OZB)€46€49
Waste levy€26€27
Sewage levy€16€22
Costs to set aside€193
Maintenance reserve€180–
Buildings insurance€13–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Houten's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 66th 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 141 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €554,000.
Levies: Houten'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
Bermen has the highest WOZ value of the 10 buurten in Houten Noord-Oost.
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: €554,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Bermen
554,000
238
–
Centrum West
397,000
229
–
Centrum Oost
332,000
804
–
Molens
361,000
400
–
Hagen
470,000
397
–
Weiden
420,000
774
–
Gilden
505,000
785
–
Velden
460,000
554
–
Sloten
453,000
457
–
Akkers
514,000
425
–
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 99% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied99%
Private rent1%
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
72% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.
Single-family homes72%
Multi-family homes28%
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
81% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 39% in the municipality of Houten.
1975-199181.1%
1992-200518.9%
Explanation
Based on 238 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
Less registered crime per resident than the Houten average.
In 2025, 6 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Bermen, 81% lower than in Houten (31). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 83%, against a rise of 2% in Houten. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
6
▼81% lower than Houten (31)
Change since 2021
-83%
▼lower than Houten (+2%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
4.2
▲35% higher than Houten (3.1)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
6
▼81% lower than Houten (31)
Change since 2021
-83%
▼lower than Houten (+2%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
4.2
▲35% higher than Houten (3.1)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Bermen registered 6 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 31 in the municipality of Houten.
Bermen6
The municipality of Houten31
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 Bermen is 'Theft and burglary': 3.7 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 14.5 in the municipality of Houten.
BermenHouten
Theft and burglary3.7
Houten 14.5▼ −74% vs Houten
Traffic1.8
Houten 3.8▼ −53% vs Houten
Vandalism and public order0.0
Houten 2.9▼ −100% vs Houten
Violence and threats0.0
Houten 3.2▼ −100% vs Houten
Fraud and scams0.0
Houten 4.6▼ −100% vs Houten
Environmental0.0
Houten 0.2≈ Houten
Other and withheld0.0
Houten 1.4▼ −100% vs Houten
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 Bermen registered 1 traffic accidents, of which 1 with injury and none fatal.
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 above the Houten average; green space is above the Houten average.
An estimated 80% of adults in Bermen rate their own health as good, 2 percentage points more than in Houten. Fewer adults report anxiety or depression (36% against 43%), fewer smoke (8% against 12%), fewer are overweight (43% against 47%) and fewer feel lonely (38% against 42%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Bermen, covering 44% of the area, against 16% in Houten. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 31% of the area, 24 percentage points above the 7% in Houten.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
80%
▲2 percentage points higher than Houten (78%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
31%
▲24 percentage points higher than Houten (7%)
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Anxiety or depression feelings
36%
▼7 percentage points lower than Houten (43%)
Smokes
8%
▼4 percentage points lower than Houten (12%)
Overweight
43%
▼4 percentage points lower than Houten (47%)
Lonely
38%
▼4 percentage points lower than Houten (42%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼66 percentage points lower than Houten (66%)
Built-up, share of the area
44%
▲28 percentage points higher than Houten (16%)
Recreation, share of the area
31%
▲26 percentage points higher than Houten (5%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
80%
▲2 percentage points higher than Houten (78%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
31%
▲24 percentage points higher than Houten (7%)
More figures
Anxiety or depression feelings
36%
▼7 percentage points lower than Houten (43%)
Smokes
8%
▼4 percentage points lower than Houten (12%)
Overweight
43%
▼4 percentage points lower than Houten (47%)
Lonely
38%
▼4 percentage points lower than Houten (42%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼66 percentage points lower than Houten (66%)
Built-up, share of the area
44%
▲28 percentage points higher than Houten (16%)
Recreation, share of the area
31%
▲26 percentage points higher than Houten (5%)
Health
An estimated 80% of adults rate their own health as good, against 78% in the municipality of Houten (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Houten
Good self-rated health
79.5%
77.5%
Smokes
7.7%
12.5%
Excessive drinking
4.8%
4.6%
Overweight
42.9%
47.1%
Lonely
38.2%
41.6%
Anxiety or depression feelings
35.9%
43.4%
Meets physical activity guideline
51.6%
48.9%
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
31% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 7% in the municipality of Houten.
Built-up43.8%
Recreation31.2%
Water25%
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
Distance to amenities
A daycare lies here at an average road distance of 600 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
800 m
–
GP practice
2,100 m
–
Primary school
800 m
–
Daycare
600 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
1
GP practices
–
0
Daycares
–
3.2
Explanation
Average road distance from every address in this buurt to the nearest amenity, and the average count within 1 km — a buurt average, not a distance from one address.
Source: CBS proximity statistics 2025
04 · Residents
The population is shrinking, while it grows in Houten.
Bermen has 535 inhabitants (2026), or 4,336 per km² (4.7 times as high as in Houten). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 6%, against a rise of 1% in Houten. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Houten was 86%, 8 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 had the highest share there: 21% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.
Key figures
Population growth since 2021
-6%
▼lower than Houten (+1%)
Turnout, municipality of Houten
86%
▲8 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+0%
▼lower than Houten (+4%)
Married
52%
▲10 percentage points higher than Houten (42%)
Dutch origin
89%
▲10 percentage points higher than Houten (79%)
Higher education (hbo, wo)
57%
▲14 percentage points higher than Houten (43%)
D66, share of the vote
21%
▲4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
-6%
▼lower than Houten (+1%)
Turnout, municipality of Houten
86%
▲8 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+0%
▼lower than Houten (+4%)
Married
52%
▲10 percentage points higher than Houten (42%)
Dutch origin
89%
▲10 percentage points higher than Houten (79%)
Higher education (hbo, wo)
57%
▲14 percentage points higher than Houten (43%)
D66, share of the vote
21%
▲4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population shrank 6% between 2021 and 2026, to 535.
Residents, 2026
535
-6% since 2021
Houten +1%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 4,336 residents per km², this buurt is 4.7 times as densely populated as the municipality of Houten.
Residents per km²4,336
Dwellings per km²1,983.3
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 18.3 children were born per 1,000 residents; 9.2 died per 1,000.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
33% of residents are between 65 and 80.
0 to 1560
15 to 2550
25 to 4585
45 to 65130
65 to 80175
80 and over30
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
52% of residents are married.
Never married200
Married275
Divorced30
Widowed25
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
89% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands475
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)25
Outside Europe35
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Education level of residents aged 15 to 75
57% of residents have a higher professional (hbo) or university (wo) education.
Primary, vmbo, mbo170
Havo, vwo, mbo2-4110
Higher professional, university240
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Houten; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 86% of eligible voters in Houten voted. The largest party was D66 with 21% of the valid votes.
Municipality of HoutenThe Netherlands
D66
21.3%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
12.6%
16.7%
VVD
15.3%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
14.7%
12.8%
CDA
12.5%
11.8%
JA21
6%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
3.1%
4.5%
BBB
1.5%
2.6%
Other
12.8%
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
Bermen has an average of 1.1 cars per household. 36% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 18 percentage points less than in Houten (54%).
Key figures
Industry and energy, share of businesses
0%
▼10 percentage points lower than Houten (10%)
Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
12%
▲6 percentage points higher than Houten (6%)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
6%
▼7 percentage points lower than Houten (13%)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
36%
▼18 percentage points lower than Houten (54%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+13 pp
▼lower than Houten (+19 pp)
Residents per km²
4,336
▲8.0 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
Owner-occupied dwellings
99%
▲42 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
Average WOZ value
€554,000
▲39% higher than the Netherlands (€398,000)
Industry and energy, share of businesses
0%
▼10 percentage points lower than Houten (10%)
Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
12%
▲6 percentage points higher than Houten (6%)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
6%
▼7 percentage points lower than Houten (13%)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
36%
▼18 percentage points lower than Houten (54%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+13 pp
▼lower than Houten (+19 pp)
Residents per km²
4,336
▲8.0 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
Owner-occupied dwellings
99%
▲42 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
Average WOZ value
€554,000
▲39% higher than the Netherlands (€398,000)
Business establishments by sector
Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 25 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie0
Handel en horeca5
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie10
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed10
Zakelijke dienstverlening25
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg20
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten10
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
36% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 54% in the municipality of Houten (2025).
Petrol64.2%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)35.8%
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 23% to 36% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
36%▼ 18 percentage points below Houten (54%)
+13 pp since 2021
Houten +20 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, 265 passenger cars and 20 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars265
Motorcycles20
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
99% of addresses are residential.
Residential99.2%
Other0.8%
Explanation
Based on 240 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
1% private rent, against 14% nationally.
This areaThe Netherlands
Private rent1%
NL 14%▼ −93% vs NL
Residents per km²4,336
NL 539▲ +705% vs NL
Owner-occupied dwellings99%
NL 57%▲ +74% vs NL
Average WOZ value€554,000
NL €398,000▲ +39% vs NL
Multi-family dwellings28%
NL 37%▼ −24% 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) 2025