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Elshout

1,855 residents · postal code 5154 · Part of Elshout, Heusden

  • no. 1,814 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 3 of 17 in Heusden

Scores per pillar

Elshout is a Brabant pilgrimage village below the Drunen dunes, with 250 residents per square kilometre of space. Safety scores 9.9 — position 212 nationally — and nature 8.0. Eight in ten homes are owner-occupied, averaging €507k. The supermarket asks two and a half kilometres. Overall: 9.0.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
2.5 km
General practitioner
2.2 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
2.4 km
Childcare
2.3 km
Train station
12.8 km
Hospital
2.7 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Café
2.0 km
Library
2.8 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
16.3
Violent crimes
0.6
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 507,000
Owner-occupied
80%
Single-family homes
97%
Built after 2000
24%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 15%15–25 12%25–45 23%45–65 29%65+ 21%
Average household size
2.5
Households with children
39%
Single-person households
26%
Residents per km²
250

Nearby neighbourhoods

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Elshout calculated?

Elshout scores 9.0 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 Elshout a safe neighbourhood?

Elshout scores 9.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.