The best neighbourhoods for families in Valkenburg aan de Geul

The best neighbourhood for families in Valkenburg aan de Geul is Sibbe (7.6), with 32% of households with children and childcare 0.4 km away. They are spread across Valkenburg aan de Geul: 7 in the east, 5 in the centre and 4 in the west. These are mostly small areas: 15 of the 19 have fewer than 1,000 residents. Of the 19 neighbourhoods in Valkenburg aan de Geul with a families grade, 2 reach a 7.0 or higher. Valkenburg aan de Geul as a whole comes out at a 4.4, against a 6.2 for the middle neighbourhood in the country — one grade for a whole municipality says little about the street you live in.

In the neighbourhood where the average resident of Valkenburg aan de Geul lives, 26% of households have children — the national median is 35%. On this page that ranges from 12% in Plenkert to 39% in IJzeren.

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