Population Utrecht

1 population

1.1 demographics
1.2 religion
1.3 population centres , agglomeration

population
demographics

utrecht city had population of 296,305 in 2007. utrecht growing municipality , projections city s population surpass 392,000 2025.

utrecht has young population, many inhabitants in age category 20 , 30 years, due presence of large university. 52% of population female, 48% male. majority of households (52.5%) in utrecht single person households. 29% of people living in utrecht either married, or have legal partnership. 3% of population of utrecht divorced.

about 69% of population of dutch ancestry. approximately 10% of population consists of immigrants western countries, while 21% of population of non-western origin (9% moroccan, 5% turkish, 3% surinamese , dutch caribbean , 5% of other countries). of city s boroughs have relatively high percentage of non-dutch inhabitants – i.e. kanaleneiland (83%) , overvecht (57%). rotterdam, amsterdam, hague , other large dutch cities, utrecht faces socio-economic problems. 38% percent of population either earns minimum income or dependent on social welfare (17% of households). boroughs such kanaleneiland, overvecht , hoograven consist of high-rise housing developments, , known relatively high poverty , crime rate.

religion

utrecht has been religious centre of netherlands since 8th century. see of metropolitan archbishop of utrecht, senior dutch roman catholic leader. ecclesiastical province covers whole kingdom.

utrecht see of archbishop of old catholic church, titular head of union of utrecht, , location of offices of main protestant church.

in 2013, largest religion christianity 28% of population christian, followed islam 9,5% , hinduism 0,8%.

population centres , agglomeration

the city of utrecht subdivided 10 city quarters, have own neighbourhood council , service centre civil affairs.

utrecht centre of densely populated area, makes concise definitions of agglomeration difficult, , arbitrary. smaller utrecht agglomeration of continuously built areas counts 420,000 inhabitants , includes nieuwegein, ijsselstein , maarssen. argued close municipalities de bilt, zeist, houten, vianen, driebergen-rijsenburg (utrechtse heuvelrug), , bunnik should counted towards utrecht agglomeration, bringing total 640,000 inhabitants. larger region, including more remote towns such woerden , amersfoort counts 820,000 inhabitants.