Household Composition and Size Statistics for Utrecht, Netherlands

Four indicators on household structure for the city of Utrecht and its neighborhoods, published by the municipality's Research & Advice department. The data is sourced from the municipal population and building registers (BRP, BAG). The dataset is part of the 'Utrecht in Cijfers' (Utrecht in Figures) database and is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of household types (e.g., single-person, families) based on the '% of households by composition' indicator.
• Model average household size trends over time for demographic forecasting.
• Compare the absolute number of households by composition across different neighborhoods in Utrecht.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from official municipal registers (BRP, BAG), suggesting a high degree of administrative accuracy.
• Provides breakdowns at the neighborhood level, allowing for granular spatial analysis within the city.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale ML tasks.

Provenance

Source

Municipality of Utrecht, Research & Advice department

Collection Method

Aggregated from the Basisregistratie Personen (BRP - Personal Records Database) and Basisregistratie Adressen en Gebouwen (BAG - Addresses and Buildings Database).

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

City of Utrecht, Netherlands, with neighborhood-level breakdowns.