The population is growing slower than in Utrecht. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Utrecht, and registered crime per resident is lower.
The average WOZ value in Schaakbuurt en omgeving is €438,000, 11% lower than in Utrecht (€490,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 46%, against a rise of 37% in Utrecht. 46% of the homes are owner-occupied, 1 percentage point more than in Utrecht (45%). 14 homes are currently for sale, with asking prices from €319,000 to €695,000.
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€438,000
▼11% lower than Utrecht (€490,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+46%
▲higher than Utrecht (+37%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
46%
▲1 percentage point higher than Utrecht (45%)
Social housing
42%
▲11 percentage points higher than Utrecht (31%)
Private rent
12%
▼12 percentage points lower than Utrecht (24%)
Single-family dwellings
38%
▼3 percentage points lower than Utrecht (41%)
Built before 1945
4%
▼24 percentage points lower than Utrecht (28%)
Built 1992–2005
32%
▲19 percentage points higher than Utrecht (13%)
Built 2016 and later
1%
▼13 percentage points lower than Utrecht (14%)
Average WOZ value
€438,000
▼11% lower than Utrecht (€490,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+46%
▲higher than Utrecht (+37%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
46%
▲1 percentage point higher than Utrecht (45%)
Social housing
42%
▲11 percentage points higher than Utrecht (31%)
Private rent
12%
▼12 percentage points lower than Utrecht (24%)
Single-family dwellings
38%
▼3 percentage points lower than Utrecht (41%)
Built before 1945
4%
▼24 percentage points lower than Utrecht (28%)
Built 1992–2005
32%
▲19 percentage points higher than Utrecht (13%)
Built 2016 and later
1%
▼13 percentage points lower than Utrecht (14%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 46% between 2021 and 2025, to €438,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€438,000▼ 11% below Utrecht
+46% since 2021
Utrecht +37%
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: ~€260 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€260/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
95 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €438,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€130NL median
Water board levy€44–
Property tax (OZB)€33€38
Waste levy€31€27
Sewage levy€22€22
Costs to set aside€130
Maintenance reserve€121–
Buildings insurance€9–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Utrecht's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 160th 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 95 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €438,000.
Levies: Utrecht'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
Schaakbuurt en omgeving has the 4th-highest WOZ value of the 13 buurten in Noordwest.
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: €438,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Schaakbuurt en omgeving
438,000
1,981
–
Pijlsweerd-Zuid
482,000
2,432
–
Pijlsweerd-Noord
404,000
1,073
–
Nijenoord, Hoogstraat en omgeving
398,000
1,169
–
Ondiep
455,000
2,400
–
2e Daalsebuurt en omgeving
421,000
1,870
–
Egelantierstraat, Mariëndaalstraat e.o.
427,000
1,400
–
Julianapark en omgeving
404,000
1,389
–
Elinkwijk en omgeving
425,000
2,126
–
Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving
403,000
1,708
–
Geuzenwijk
408,000
1,774
–
Queeckhovenplein en omgeving
452,000
454
–
Zuilen-Noord
438,000
1,705
–
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)
Asking prices
For the 14 homes for sale here the median asking price is €5,311 per m²; the middle half ask €5,071 to €5,672 per m².
Value
Homes for sale (with asking price and floor area)
14
Median asking price per m²
€5,311
Middle half
€5,071 – €5,672
Explanation
Asking prices of homes currently listed on Funda, not the prices homes sell for. Only homes HuisWeter has collected; the middle half runs from the first to the third quartile.
Source: Funda
Dwellings by ownership
The largest category is owner-occupied, at 46% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied46%
Social housing42%
Private rent12%
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
62% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.
Single-family homes38%
Multi-family homes62%
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
47% of dwellings were built between 1945 and 1964, against 12% in the municipality of Utrecht.
Before 19453.7%
1945-196446.7%
1965-19740.4%
1975-19912.8%
1992-200532.3%
2006-201512.9%
2016 and later1.4%
Explanation
Based on 1,980 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 · For sale
14 homes for sale now
Asking prices from €319,000 to €695,000; median €5,311 per m². Asking prices, not sale prices.
Less registered crime per resident than the Utrecht average.
In 2025, 45 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Schaakbuurt en omgeving, 38% lower than in Utrecht (73). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 21%, against a rise of 21% in Utrecht. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
45
▼38% lower than Utrecht (73)
Change since 2021
-21%
▼lower than Utrecht (+21%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
3.7
▲23% higher than Utrecht (3.0)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
45
▼38% lower than Utrecht (73)
Change since 2021
-21%
▼lower than Utrecht (+21%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
3.7
▲23% higher than Utrecht (3.0)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Schaakbuurt en omgeving registered 45 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 73 in the municipality of Utrecht.
Schaakbuurt en omgeving45
The municipality of Utrecht73
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 Schaakbuurt en omgeving is 'Theft and burglary': 24.3 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.3 in the municipality of Utrecht.
Schaakbuurt en omgevingUtrecht
Theft and burglary24.3
Utrecht 44.3▼ −45% vs Utrecht
Vandalism and public order6.5
Utrecht 7.4▼ −12% vs Utrecht
Traffic6.5
Utrecht 8.5▼ −24% vs Utrecht
Violence and threats3.5
Utrecht 5.4▼ −35% vs Utrecht
Fraud and scams3.5
Utrecht 4.7▼ −26% vs Utrecht
Other and withheld0.4
Utrecht 2.6▼ −85% vs Utrecht
Environmental0.0
Utrecht 0.2≈ Utrecht
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 Schaakbuurt en omgeving registered 8 traffic accidents, of which 2 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
04 · Living environment
Residents rate their health below the Utrecht average; green space is below the Utrecht average.
An estimated 70% of adults in Schaakbuurt en omgeving rate their own health as good, 6 percentage points less than in Utrecht. More adults are overweight (47% against 39%) and more feel lonely (51% against 47%), but fewer meet the physical activity guideline (52% against 57%) and fewer drink excessively (4% against 6%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Schaakbuurt en omgeving, covering 80% of the area, against 44% in Utrecht. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 12% of the area, 4 percentage points below the 16% in Utrecht.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
70%
▼6 percentage points lower than Utrecht (76%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
12%
▼4 percentage points lower than Utrecht (16%)
More figures
Overweight
47%
▲8 percentage points higher than Utrecht (39%)
Meets physical activity guideline
52%
▼5 percentage points lower than Utrecht (57%)
Lonely
51%
▲4 percentage points higher than Utrecht (47%)
Excessive drinking
4%
▼2 percentage points lower than Utrecht (6%)
Built-up, share of the area
80%
▲36 percentage points higher than Utrecht (44%)
Agriculture, share of the area
2%
▼22 percentage points lower than Utrecht (24%)
Traffic, share of the area
2%
▼6 percentage points lower than Utrecht (8%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
70%
▼6 percentage points lower than Utrecht (76%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
12%
▼4 percentage points lower than Utrecht (16%)
More figures
Overweight
47%
▲8 percentage points higher than Utrecht (39%)
Meets physical activity guideline
52%
▼5 percentage points lower than Utrecht (57%)
Lonely
51%
▲4 percentage points higher than Utrecht (47%)
Excessive drinking
4%
▼2 percentage points lower than Utrecht (6%)
Built-up, share of the area
80%
▲36 percentage points higher than Utrecht (44%)
Agriculture, share of the area
2%
▼22 percentage points lower than Utrecht (24%)
Traffic, share of the area
2%
▼6 percentage points lower than Utrecht (8%)
Health
An estimated 70% of adults rate their own health as good, against 76% in the municipality of Utrecht (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Utrecht
Good self-rated health
69.5%
76.1%
Smokes
18.6%
18.9%
Excessive drinking
4.4%
6.3%
Overweight
47.3%
39.3%
Lonely
51.2%
47.2%
Anxiety or depression feelings
55.2%
53.4%
Meets physical activity guideline
52.2%
56.7%
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
12% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 16% in the municipality of Utrecht.
Traffic2%
Built-up80%
Recreation12%
Agriculture2%
Water4%
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 large supermarket lies here at an average road distance of 400 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
400 m
–
GP practice
400 m
–
Primary school
400 m
–
Daycare
400 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
1.6
GP practices
–
2.1
Daycares
–
4.5
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
05 · Residents
The population is growing slower than the Utrecht average.
Schaakbuurt en omgeving has 4,590 inhabitants (2026), or 9,578 per km² (2.4 times as high as in Utrecht). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 2%, against a rise of 5% in Utrecht. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Utrecht was 81%, 3 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, D66 had the highest share there: 27% 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
+2%
▼lower than Utrecht (+5%)
Turnout, municipality of Utrecht
81%
▲3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+0%
▼lower than Utrecht (+6%)
Aged 25 to 45
34%
▼3 percentage points lower than Utrecht (37%)
Never married
61%
▼4 percentage points lower than Utrecht (65%)
Dutch origin
48%
▼11 percentage points lower than Utrecht (59%)
Higher education (hbo, wo)
44%
▼11 percentage points lower than Utrecht (55%)
D66, share of the vote
27%
▲10 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
+2%
▼lower than Utrecht (+5%)
Turnout, municipality of Utrecht
81%
▲3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+0%
▼lower than Utrecht (+6%)
Aged 25 to 45
34%
▼3 percentage points lower than Utrecht (37%)
Never married
61%
▼4 percentage points lower than Utrecht (65%)
Dutch origin
48%
▼11 percentage points lower than Utrecht (59%)
Higher education (hbo, wo)
44%
▼11 percentage points lower than Utrecht (55%)
D66, share of the vote
27%
▲10 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population grew 2% between 2021 and 2026, to 4,590.
Residents, 2026
4,590
+2% since 2021
Utrecht +5%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 9,578 residents per km², this buurt is 2.4 times as densely populated as the municipality of Utrecht.
Residents per km²9,578
Dwellings per km²4,127.1
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 13.0 children were born per 1,000 residents; 7.6 died per 1,000.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
34% of residents are between 25 and 45.
0 to 15745
15 to 25600
25 to 451,580
45 to 651,095
65 to 80430
80 and over140
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
61% of residents are never married.
Never married2,785
Married1,320
Divorced320
Widowed165
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
48% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands2,200
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)395
Outside Europe1,990
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, mbo1940
Havo, vwo, mbo2-41,090
Higher professional, university1,580
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Utrecht; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 81% of eligible voters in Utrecht voted. The largest party was D66 with 27% of the valid votes.
Municipality of UtrechtThe Netherlands
D66
26.7%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
6.8%
16.7%
VVD
8.6%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
26.1%
12.8%
CDA
6.6%
11.8%
JA21
2.9%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
1.7%
4.5%
BBB
0.6%
2.6%
Other
20.1%
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
06 · More figures
More figures
Schaakbuurt en omgeving has an average of 0.7 cars per household, 17% higher than in Utrecht (0.6). 21% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 7 percentage points less than in Utrecht (28%).
Key figures
Business services, share of businesses
23%
▼8 percentage points lower than Utrecht (31%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
28%
▲7 percentage points higher than Utrecht (21%)
Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
16%
▲4 percentage points higher than Utrecht (12%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.7
▲17% higher than Utrecht (0.6)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
21%
▼7 percentage points lower than Utrecht (28%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+1 pp
▼lower than Utrecht (+3 pp)
Office, share of addresses
1%
▼2 percentage points lower than Utrecht (3%)
Industrial, share of addresses
2%
▼2 percentage points lower than Utrecht (4%)
Residential, share of addresses
93%
▲1 percentage point higher than Utrecht (92%)
Multi-family dwellings
62%
▲25 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
Single-family dwellings
38%
▼25 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Social housing
42%
▲14 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (28%)
Business services, share of businesses
23%
▼8 percentage points lower than Utrecht (31%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
28%
▲7 percentage points higher than Utrecht (21%)
Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
16%
▲4 percentage points higher than Utrecht (12%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.7
▲17% higher than Utrecht (0.6)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
21%
▼7 percentage points lower than Utrecht (28%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+1 pp
▼lower than Utrecht (+3 pp)
Office, share of addresses
1%
▼2 percentage points lower than Utrecht (3%)
Industrial, share of addresses
2%
▼2 percentage points lower than Utrecht (4%)
Residential, share of addresses
93%
▲1 percentage point higher than Utrecht (92%)
Multi-family dwellings
62%
▲25 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
Single-family dwellings
38%
▼25 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Social housing
42%
▲14 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (28%)
Business establishments by sector
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg is the largest sector, with 160 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie45
Handel en horeca75
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie90
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed10
Zakelijke dienstverlening130
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg160
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten60
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 28% in the municipality of Utrecht (2025).
Petrol78.7%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)21.3%
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 21% to 21% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
21%▼ 7 percentage points below Utrecht (28%)
+0 pp since 2021
Utrecht +3 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, 1,495 passenger cars and 80 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars1,495
Motorcycles80
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
93% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (2%).
Residential93%
Retail1.3%
Office0.6%
Assembly0.6%
Healthcare0.3%
Industrial2.1%
Education0.3%
Sports0.1%
Other4.5%
Explanation
Based on 2,128 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
9,578 residents per km²: 18 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.
This areaThe Netherlands
Residents per km²9,578
NL 539▲ +1677% vs NL
Multi-family dwellings62%
NL 37%▲ +68% vs NL
Single-family dwellings38%
NL 63%▼ −40% vs NL
Social housing42%
NL 28%▲ +50% vs NL
Owner-occupied dwellings46%
NL 57%▼ −19% 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