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 higher.
The average WOZ value in Welgelegen, Den Hommel is €462,000, 6% lower than in Utrecht (€490,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 40%, against a rise of 37% in Utrecht. 45% of the homes are owner-occupied, about the same as in Utrecht (45%). 2 homes are currently for sale, with asking prices from €525,000 to €695,000.
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€462,000
▼6% lower than Utrecht (€490,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+40%
▲higher than Utrecht (+37%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
45%
=about the same as Utrecht (45%)
Social housing
0%
▼31 percentage points lower than Utrecht (31%)
Private rent
54%
▲30 percentage points higher than Utrecht (24%)
Single-family dwellings
21%
▼20 percentage points lower than Utrecht (41%)
Built before 1945
6%
▼22 percentage points lower than Utrecht (28%)
Built 1965–1974
24%
▲15 percentage points higher than Utrecht (9%)
Built 1992–2005
4%
▼9 percentage points lower than Utrecht (13%)
Average WOZ value
€462,000
▼6% lower than Utrecht (€490,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+40%
▲higher than Utrecht (+37%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
45%
=about the same as Utrecht (45%)
Social housing
0%
▼31 percentage points lower than Utrecht (31%)
Private rent
54%
▲30 percentage points higher than Utrecht (24%)
Single-family dwellings
21%
▼20 percentage points lower than Utrecht (41%)
Built before 1945
6%
▼22 percentage points lower than Utrecht (28%)
Built 1965–1974
24%
▲15 percentage points higher than Utrecht (9%)
Built 1992–2005
4%
▼9 percentage points lower than Utrecht (13%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 40% between 2021 and 2025, to €462,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€462,000▼ 6% below Utrecht
+40% 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: ~€268 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€268/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
99 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €462,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€133NL median
Water board levy€45–
Property tax (OZB)€35€41
Waste levy€31€27
Sewage levy€22€22
Costs to set aside€135
Maintenance reserve€126–
Buildings insurance€9–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Utrecht's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 156th 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 99 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €462,000.
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
Welgelegen, Den Hommel has the 4th-highest WOZ value of the 11 buurten in West.
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: €462,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Welgelegen, Den Hommel
462,000
911
–
Oog in Al
740,000
1,428
–
Halve Maan-Zuid
489,000
595
–
Halve Maan-Noord
377,000
887
–
Lombok-Oost
421,000
1,101
–
Leidseweg en omgeving
434,000
589
–
Lombok-West
450,000
2,323
–
Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o.
421,000
2,109
–
Nieuw Engeland, Th. a. Kempisplantsoen e
455,000
2,596
–
Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o.
462,000
828
–
Bedrijventerrein Lageweide
548,000
65
–
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 private rent, at 54% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied45%
Private rent54%
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
79% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.
Single-family homes21%
Multi-family homes79%
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
26% of dwellings were built between 1945 and 1964, against 12% in the municipality of Utrecht.
Before 19456.4%
1945-196425.7%
1965-197423.5%
1975-199114.1%
1992-20054.3%
2006-201511%
2016 and later15%
Explanation
Based on 909 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
2 homes for sale now
Asking prices from €525,000 to €695,000. Asking prices, not sale prices.
More registered crime per resident than the Utrecht average.
In 2025, 96 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Welgelegen, Den Hommel, 32% higher than in Utrecht (73). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 22%, 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
96
▲32% higher than Utrecht (73)
Change since 2021
+22%
▲higher than Utrecht (+21%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
3.7
▲23% higher than Utrecht (3.0)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
96
▲32% higher than Utrecht (73)
Change since 2021
+22%
▲higher 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, Welgelegen, Den Hommel registered 96 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 73 in the municipality of Utrecht.
Welgelegen, Den Hommel96
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 Welgelegen, Den Hommel is 'Theft and burglary': 66.0 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.3 in the municipality of Utrecht.
Welgelegen, Den HommelUtrecht
Theft and burglary66.0
Utrecht 44.3▲ +49% vs Utrecht
Traffic10.6
Utrecht 8.5▲ +25% vs Utrecht
Vandalism and public order9.6
Utrecht 7.4▲ +30% vs Utrecht
Violence and threats5.9
Utrecht 5.4▲ +9% vs Utrecht
Other and withheld3.2
Utrecht 2.6▲ +23% vs Utrecht
Fraud and scams0.5
Utrecht 4.7▼ −89% vs Utrecht
Environmental0.5
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 Welgelegen, Den Hommel registered 16 traffic accidents, of which 4 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 above the Utrecht average; green space is below the Utrecht average.
An estimated 80% of adults in Welgelegen, Den Hommel rate their own health as good, 4 percentage points more than in Utrecht. Fewer adults are overweight (34% against 39%), fewer feel lonely (44% against 47%), fewer report anxiety or depression (51% against 53%) and fewer smoke (18% against 19%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Welgelegen, Den Hommel, covering 68% of the area, against 44% in Utrecht. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 15% of the area, 1 percentage point below the 16% in Utrecht.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
80%
▲4 percentage points higher than Utrecht (76%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
15%
▼1 percentage point lower than Utrecht (16%)
More figures
Overweight
34%
▼5 percentage points lower than Utrecht (39%)
Lonely
44%
▼3 percentage points lower than Utrecht (47%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
51%
▼2 percentage points lower than Utrecht (53%)
Meets physical activity guideline
58%
▲1 percentage point higher than Utrecht (57%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼24 percentage points lower than Utrecht (24%)
Built-up, share of the area
68%
▲24 percentage points higher than Utrecht (44%)
Other built-up, share of the area
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Utrecht (2%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
80%
▲4 percentage points higher than Utrecht (76%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
15%
▼1 percentage point lower than Utrecht (16%)
More figures
Overweight
34%
▼5 percentage points lower than Utrecht (39%)
Lonely
44%
▼3 percentage points lower than Utrecht (47%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
51%
▼2 percentage points lower than Utrecht (53%)
Meets physical activity guideline
58%
▲1 percentage point higher than Utrecht (57%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼24 percentage points lower than Utrecht (24%)
Built-up, share of the area
68%
▲24 percentage points higher than Utrecht (44%)
Other built-up, share of the area
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Utrecht (2%)
Health
An estimated 80% 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
80.5%
76.1%
Smokes
17.8%
18.9%
Excessive drinking
6.8%
6.3%
Overweight
34.2%
39.3%
Lonely
44.2%
47.2%
Anxiety or depression feelings
51.2%
53.4%
Meets physical activity guideline
58%
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
15% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 16% in the municipality of Utrecht.
Traffic10%
Built-up67.5%
Recreation15%
Water7.5%
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 700 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
900 m
–
GP practice
900 m
–
Primary school
900 m
–
Daycare
700 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
0.7
GP practices
–
0.8
Daycares
–
1.9
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.
Welgelegen, Den Hommel has 1,895 inhabitants (2026), or 5,264 per km² (31% higher than in Utrecht). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 3%, 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
+3%
▼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
37%
=about the same as Utrecht (37%)
Never married
69%
▲4 percentage points higher than Utrecht (65%)
Dutch origin
70%
▲11 percentage points higher than Utrecht (59%)
Higher education (hbo, wo)
66%
▲11 percentage points higher than Utrecht (55%)
D66, share of the vote
27%
▲10 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
+3%
▼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
37%
=about the same as Utrecht (37%)
Never married
69%
▲4 percentage points higher than Utrecht (65%)
Dutch origin
70%
▲11 percentage points higher than Utrecht (59%)
Higher education (hbo, wo)
66%
▲11 percentage points higher than Utrecht (55%)
D66, share of the vote
27%
▲10 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population grew 3% between 2021 and 2026, to 1,895.
Residents, 2026
1,895
+3% since 2021
Utrecht +5%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 5,264 residents per km², this buurt is 31% more densely populated than the municipality of Utrecht.
Residents per km²5,264
Dwellings per km²2,530.6
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, 5.3 children were born per 1,000 residents; 21.3 died per 1,000.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
37% of residents are between 25 and 45.
0 to 15185
15 to 25385
25 to 45695
45 to 65265
65 to 80225
80 and over140
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
69% of residents are never married.
Never married1,315
Married350
Divorced125
Widowed105
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
70% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands1,330
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)225
Outside Europe340
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Education level of residents aged 15 to 75
66% of residents have a higher professional (hbo) or university (wo) education.
Primary, vmbo, mbo1180
Havo, vwo, mbo2-4310
Higher professional, university970
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
Welgelegen, Den Hommel has an average of 0.5 cars per household, 17% lower than in Utrecht (0.6). 34% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 6 percentage points more than in Utrecht (28%).
Key figures
Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
8%
▼4 percentage points lower than Utrecht (12%)
Business services, share of businesses
34%
▲3 percentage points higher than Utrecht (31%)
Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
6%
▲2 percentage points higher than Utrecht (4%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.5
▼17% lower than Utrecht (0.6)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
34%
▲6 percentage points higher than Utrecht (28%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+5 pp
▲higher than Utrecht (+3 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
84%
▼8 percentage points lower than Utrecht (92%)
Retail, share of addresses
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Utrecht (2%)
Industrial, share of addresses
3%
▼1 percentage point lower than Utrecht (4%)
Private rent
54%
▲40 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Single-family dwellings
21%
▼42 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Multi-family dwellings
79%
▲42 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
8%
▼4 percentage points lower than Utrecht (12%)
Business services, share of businesses
34%
▲3 percentage points higher than Utrecht (31%)
Financial services and real estate, share of businesses
6%
▲2 percentage points higher than Utrecht (4%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.5
▼17% lower than Utrecht (0.6)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
34%
▲6 percentage points higher than Utrecht (28%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+5 pp
▲higher than Utrecht (+3 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
84%
▼8 percentage points lower than Utrecht (92%)
Retail, share of addresses
0%
▼2 percentage points lower than Utrecht (2%)
Industrial, share of addresses
3%
▼1 percentage point lower than Utrecht (4%)
Private rent
54%
▲40 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Single-family dwellings
21%
▼42 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (63%)
Multi-family dwellings
79%
▲42 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
Business establishments by sector
Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 110 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie15
Handel en horeca40
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie25
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed20
Zakelijke dienstverlening110
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg65
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten50
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
34% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 28% in the municipality of Utrecht (2025).
Petrol66.4%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)33.6%
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 29% to 34% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
34%▲ 6 percentage points above Utrecht (28%)
+5 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, 575 passenger cars and 45 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars575
Motorcycles45
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
84% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (3%).
Residential84.5%
Retail0.5%
Office2.7%
Assembly0.6%
Healthcare0.5%
Industrial3.2%
Lodging0.1%
Education0.3%
Sports0.4%
Other11.8%
Explanation
Based on 1,076 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
5,264 residents per km²: 9.8 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.
This areaThe Netherlands
Residents per km²5,264
NL 539▲ +877% vs NL
Private rent54%
NL 14%▲ +286% vs NL
Single-family dwellings21%
NL 63%▼ −67% vs NL
Multi-family dwellings79%
NL 37%▲ +114% vs NL
Owner-occupied dwellings45%
NL 57%▼ −21% 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