neighbourhood in Best

Centrum

1,595 residents · postal code 5683 · Part of Centrum, Best

Bottom 38% in the Netherlands

Centrum is an urban residential neighbourhood in Best with 1,595 residents. On the national yardstick its total score is 5.3. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 9.9, while wealth and income lags at 3.6.

no. 8,208 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 16 of 18 in Best

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Safety

no grade

CBS publishes too few figures for this neighbourhood.

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.2 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

8.9 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.3 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 km

Tick = Dutch median

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Wealth & income

What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.

Property value

€ 355,000

Welfare recipients

12.5 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

10%

Owner-occupied

40%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

13%

Built after 2000

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

4,408 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

33%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

2,101

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 µg/m³

Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.

Tick = Dutch median

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.5 km

Households with children

10%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 51%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–156%
NL median 14%
15–255%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
NL median 28%
65+51%
NL median 22%

Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.

Average household size
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
60% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
10% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,408 — far more densely populated than average
NL median 2,364

Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Centrum calculated?

Centrum scores 5.3 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Centrum lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.