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Holz

2,270 residents · postal code 6461 · Part of Kerkrade-Oost, Kerkrade

  • no. 11,783 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 11 of 17 in Kerkrade
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Scores per pillar

Holz sits against Kerkrade's centre and against the German border — Herzogenrath starts behind the railway line. Amenities score 9.2 with everything within 700 metres, but the rest of the numbers are South-Limburg sober: a €208k average property value, 3.0 for housing, 3.2 overall. Over a quarter of residents are 65-plus and nearly half of all households 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
0.7 km
Secondary school
0.5 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
1.5 km
Hospital
1.3 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
1.2 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
36.2
Violent crimes
1.2
Burglaries
2.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 208,000
Owner-occupied
51%
Single-family homes
53%
Built after 2000
17%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 9%25–45 24%45–65 28%65+ 28%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
24%
Single-person households
48%
Residents per km²
4,098

Nearby neighbourhoods

Rolduckerveld

Kerkrade

2.7

Nulland

Kerkrade

3.2

Kerkrade-Centrum

Kerkrade

3.4

Erenstein

Kerkrade

3.1

Bleijerheide

Kerkrade

2.8

Chevremont

Kerkrade

2.9

Similar neighbourhoods

Franeker Professorenbuurt

Waadhoeke

3.2

Binnenstad

Oldenzaal

3.2

Schansen en Dreven

Leiderdorp

3.2

Franeker Hamburgerrak en st Want

Waadhoeke

3.2

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Holz calculated?

Holz scores 3.2 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 Holz a safe neighbourhood?

Holz scores 4.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (36.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.