Poverty and Income Indicators for Utrecht Neighborhoods

Eleven indicators on poverty, income, and social welfare for the city of Utrecht and its neighborhoods. The dataset is compiled by the municipality's Research & Advice department using Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and local survey data. The last update date is unknown.

Use Cases

• Identify neighborhoods with high concentrations of low-income households based on the percentage of households with income up to the social minimum.
• Analyze the prevalence of financial hardship among different household types based on the indicator for households by income type.
• Assess child poverty rates using the indicator for children in households with income up to 125% of the social minimum.
• Monitor the effectiveness of housing subsidy programs based on the percentage of households receiving such benefits.

Strengths

• Focuses on 11 specific poverty and income indicators, providing a structured view of the topic.
• Data is sourced from authoritative institutions like Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the municipal Population Survey.
• Provides neighborhood-level granularity for the city of Utrecht.

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.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Regional Income Statistics; Research & Advice, Municipality of Utrecht, Population Survey

Collection Method

Compilation of official statistics and municipal survey data.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

City of Utrecht and its neighborhoods, Netherlands.