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neighbourhood in Bergen op Zoom

Meilust Zuid

2,230 residents · postal code 4614 · Part of Bergen op Zoom-Noord, Bergen op Zoom

  • no. 6,910 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 14 of 36 in Bergen op Zoom

Scores per pillar

Meilust Zuid is a post-war owner-occupied neighbourhood on the wooded edge of Bergen op Zoom: 74 percent privately owned, GP 400 metres away and the station at one and a half kilometres — amenities score 9.3. Property values remain modest at €328k and crime sits slightly above the median at nearly 30 per 1,000 people present. A quarter of residents are over 65. Overall: 6.0.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
0.4 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
0.8 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
1.4 km
Hospital
3.1 km
Restaurant
1.0 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
1.7 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
29.8
Violent crimes
1.1
Burglaries
0.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 328,000
Owner-occupied
74%
Single-family homes
78%
Built after 2000
2%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 16%15–25 11%25–45 25%45–65 25%65+ 24%
Average household size
2.2
Households with children
33%
Single-person households
32%
Residents per km²
2,578

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Meilust Zuid calculated?

Meilust Zuid scores 6.0 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 Meilust Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

Meilust Zuid scores 5.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (29.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.