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neighbourhood in Altena

Dussen

2,545 residents · postal code 4271 · Part of Dussen, Altena

  • no. 5,647 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 21 of 58 in Altena
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Scores per pillar

Dussen, a village in Altena, gives most households room: 93 per cent single-family homes and a third with children. Safety stands out at 8.2 on sixteen crimes per 1,000 people present, well below the median, while amenities (5.7) and housing (5.8) stay mid-table. The overall grade comes to 6.8. Supermarket, doctor and primary school all sit within 700 metres, but the station, at fifteen kilometres, is far off.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
9.0 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
15.0 km
Hospital
11.4 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Café
0.8 km
Library
7.1 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
16.0
Violent crimes
1.7
Burglaries
0.3

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 410,000
Owner-occupied
68%
Single-family homes
93%
Built after 2000
18%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 17%15–25 11%25–45 25%45–65 26%65+ 22%
Average household size
2.3
Households with children
36%
Single-person households
30%
Residents per km²
1,423

Nearby neighbourhoods

Meeuwen

Altena

6.9

Babyloniënbroek

Altena

7.1

Buitengebied Almkerk zuid

Altena

8.8

Buitengebied Hank oost

Altena

4.5

Almkerk west

Altena

6.7

Buitengebied Babyloniënbroek

Altena

6.6

Similar neighbourhoods

Dousberg-Hazendans

Maastricht

6.8

Strijen Buitengebied

Hoeksche Waard

6.8

Cathalijne en Kinderbos

Meierijstad

6.8

Zandkamp en omgeving

Hattem

6.8

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Dussen calculated?

Dussen scores 6.8 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 Dussen a safe neighbourhood?

Dussen scores 8.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.