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Kerkrade-Centrum

4,875 residents · postal code 6461 · Part of Kerkrade-Oost, Kerkrade

  • no. 11,514 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 8 of 17 in Kerkrade
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Scores per pillar

Kerkrade-Centrum bears the marks of shrinkage and ageing: nearly four in ten residents are over 65 and only nine percent under fifteen. At an average €224,000, its homes are the cheapest in this overview. Amenities score a 9.5 and the station is close by, but housing (2.7) and safety (3.4) trail well behind, with over 52 crimes per thousand people present.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.2 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
0.9 km
Hospital
0.9 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.3 km
Library
0.8 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
52.5
Violent crimes
3.1
Burglaries
0.6

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 224,000
Owner-occupied
43%
Single-family homes
37%
Built after 2000
11%
Income per resident
€ 33,000

Who lives here

0–15 9%15–25 8%25–45 20%45–65 24%65+ 39%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
18%
Single-person households
51%
Residents per km²
2,567

Nearby neighbourhoods

Erenstein

Kerkrade

3.1

Nulland

Kerkrade

3.2

Chevremont

Kerkrade

2.9

Holz

Kerkrade

3.2

Kaalheide

Kerkrade

2.8

Rolduckerveld

Kerkrade

2.7

Similar neighbourhoods

Lewenborg-Zuid

Groningen

3.4

Visbuurt

Den Helder

3.4

Binnenstad

Schiedam

3.4

Prinsejagt

Eindhoven

3.4

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Kerkrade-Centrum calculated?

Kerkrade-Centrum scores 3.4 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 Kerkrade-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

Kerkrade-Centrum scores 3.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (52.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.