neighbourhood in Halderberge
Oud Gastel
5,870 residents · postal code 4751 · Part of Oud Gastel, Halderberge
Oud Gastel is a West Brabant village in the municipality of Halderberge, spread out with 86 percent single-family homes and a high ownership rate of 72 percent. Amenities are the strongest pillar at 7.7, just ahead of safety at 7.2; crime is limited at eighteen offences per 1,000 residents. The other scores stay around the middle, with wealth & income (5.2) trailing. The train station is a good six kilometres away; the average home value is €368,000. The overall grade comes to 7.3.
- no. 4,782 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 7 of 20 in Halderberge
How Oud Gastel scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 135 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Halderberge →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Halderberge →
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 Oud Gastel looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,422 — around the 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 Oud Gastel calculated?
Oud Gastel scores 7.3 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 Oud Gastel 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.
Is Oud Gastel a safe neighbourhood?
Oud Gastel scores 7.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (18.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Halderberge.
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