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Oosterhout

945 residents · postal code 1813 · Part of Overdie, Alkmaar

  • no. 8,604 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 49 of 63 in Alkmaar
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Scores per pillar

Home to 945 residents, Oosterhout is a spacious residential neighbourhood in Alkmaar. On the national yardstick it earns a grade of 5.1. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 9.1, while safety lags at 3.2.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.8 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
0.7 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
3.0 km
Hospital
1.7 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
0.8 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
35.8
Violent crimes
2.7
Burglaries
0.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 310,000
Owner-occupied
53%
Single-family homes
21%
Built after 2000
52%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 8%15–25 9%25–45 28%45–65 28%65+ 27%
Average household size
1.6
Households with children
17%
Single-person households
58%
Residents per km²
1,373

Nearby neighbourhoods

Oud-Overdie

Alkmaar

4.3

Overdie-Oost

Alkmaar

2.9

Schermereiland en Omval

Alkmaar

7.5

Staatsliedenkwartier en Landstraten

Alkmaar

4.5

Binnenstad-Oost

Alkmaar

6.7

Oud-Rochdale

Alkmaar

4.1

Similar neighbourhoods

Egmond aan Zee

Bergen (NH.)

5.1

Scharnegoutum

Súdwest-Fryslân

5.1

Holtum

Sittard-Geleen

5.1

Zilverkamp 3e fase

Lingewaard

5.1

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Oosterhout calculated?

Oosterhout scores 5.1 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Oosterhout a safe neighbourhood?

Oosterhout scores 3.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (35.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.