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Irisbuurt

2,880 residents · postal code 5611 · Part of Oud-Stratum, Eindhoven

  • no. 5,470 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 36 of 103 in Eindhoven
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Scores per pillar

Community spirit and safety pull in opposite directions in Irisbuurt: a 9.4 for social cohesion sits against a 3.4 for safety. That gap tracks the crime figures, 35.9 offences per 1,000 people present versus a national median of 24.1. Residents skew young, with only 10 percent aged 65 or over, and tenure splits close to evenly between the 45 percent who own and the rest who rent. Shops and services cluster nearby — a supermarket 500 metres off, a restaurant at 300 — earning amenities an 8.4.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.9 km
Primary school
0.8 km
Secondary school
0.7 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
2.3 km
Hospital
2.8 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
2.5 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
35.9
Violent crimes
1.4
Burglaries
1.8

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 417,000
Owner-occupied
45%
Single-family homes
50%
Built after 2000
25%
Income per resident
€ 47,000

Who lives here

0–15 12%15–25 14%25–45 44%45–65 20%65+ 10%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
20%
Single-person households
54%
Residents per km²
5,482

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7.3

Villapark

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8.7

Lakerlopen

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3.7

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Irisbuurt calculated?

Irisbuurt scores 6.9 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 Irisbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Irisbuurt scores 3.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (35.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.