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Merkelbeek-Douvergenhout

1,625 residents · postal code 6447 · Part of Onderbanken, Beekdaelen

  • no. 6,821 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 19 of 28 in Beekdaelen
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Scores per pillar

Home to 1,625 residents, Merkelbeek-Douvergenhout is a rural area in Beekdaelen. Measured against every neighbourhood in the Netherlands, it scores 6.1 out of 10. The profile is pronounced: safety scores 7.9, while housing lags at 4.0.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
1.8 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.8 km
Secondary school
3.1 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
5.4 km
Hospital
4.0 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
2.0 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
18.8
Violent crimes
0.8
Burglaries
0.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 327,000
Owner-occupied
81%
Single-family homes
98%
Built after 2000
4%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 15%15–25 9%25–45 22%45–65 29%65+ 25%
Average household size
2.3
Households with children
38%
Single-person households
27%
Residents per km²
475

Nearby neighbourhoods

Buitengebied

Brunssum

3.0

Lemmender

Brunssum

2.6

Merkelbeekerdal

Brunssum

4.2

De Kling

Brunssum

4.4

Klingelsberg

Brunssum

3.3

Bexdelle

Brunssum

3.7

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De Heege

Coevorden

6.1

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Hoorn

6.1

Kern Haelen

Leudal

6.1

De Wittenhagen Noord

Harderwijk

6.1

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Merkelbeek-Douvergenhout calculated?

Merkelbeek-Douvergenhout scores 6.1 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 Merkelbeek-Douvergenhout a safe neighbourhood?

Merkelbeek-Douvergenhout scores 7.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (18.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.