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neighbourhood in Echt-Susteren

Echt Centrum

3,380 residents · postal code 6101 · Part of Echt, Echt-Susteren

  • no. 10,503 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 28 of 37 in Echt-Susteren

Scores per pillar

In the heart of Echt everything turns on access: supermarket, school and station all within walking distance, amenities rated a near-perfect 9.9. Yet the neighbourhood scores broadly middling. Safety climbs no higher than 3.5 — a figure corrected for a shopping centre's bustle, though crime, at nearly 35 per 1,000 people present, runs above the median. A third of residents are over 65, and half live alone.

Amenities nearby

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

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

Safety

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

Total crimes
34.8
Violent crimes
1.7
Burglaries
1.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 276,000
Owner-occupied
49%
Single-family homes
50%
Built after 2000
19%
Income per resident
€ 32,000

Who lives here

0–15 10%15–25 9%25–45 23%45–65 24%65+ 33%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
23%
Single-person households
49%
Residents per km²
3,731

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Echt Centrum calculated?

Echt Centrum scores 4.0 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 Echt Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

Echt Centrum scores 3.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (34.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.