neighbourhood in Gemert-Bakel
Gemert-Oost
6,015 residents · postal code 5421 · Part of Gemert-Oost, Gemert-Bakel
Everything for children close by, and little room
A 3.7 for quiet & nature in a village like Gemert-Oost is surprising, and noise is not the reason: the noise level stays below the national median. It is in the greenery. In the immediate surroundings of the homes there is less of it than in the average Dutch neighbourhood, open water is entirely absent, and population density is considerable for a village centre.
The families score goes the other way: with the primary school half a kilometre away and four in ten households with children, Gemert-Oost comes out at a 9.4.
Anyone dependent on the train has twelve kilometres to cover here. That explains why amenities sticks at a 6.5 while shop and GP are close by — and for anyone moving here it is the practical difference with an equally large place on a railway line.
- no. 4,602 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 11 of 24 in Gemert-Bakel
How Gemert-Oost scores
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Is Gemert-Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Gemert-Oost comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Gemert-Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 117 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Gemert-Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,984 — 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
Is Gemert-Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Gemert-Oost comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Gemert-Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Gemert-Oost?
In Gemert-Oost the police recorded 117 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for Gemert-Oost calculated?
Gemert-Oost scores 7.4 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Gemert-Oost lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Gemert-Bakel.
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