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neighbourhood in Maasgouw

Thorn

2,385 residents · postal code 6017 · Part of Thorn, Maasgouw

  • no. 5,942 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 8 of 15 in Maasgouw
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Scores per pillar

Thorn, the small Limburg town, pairs space with quiet: a low density of 1,344 per square kilometre, a 7.6 for nature and an 8.4 for safety. It is an ageing place — nearly a third over 65, 38 per cent living alone — with 86 per cent single-family homes and an average home worth €342,000, below the national middle. Amenities are surprisingly complete at 8.0. Housing, though, holds at a 4.4, and the nearest station is twelve kilometres away.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
9.7 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
12.3 km
Hospital
2.0 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Café
0.3 km
Library
2.0 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
18.7
Violent crimes
0.3
Burglaries
1.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 342,000
Owner-occupied
69%
Single-family homes
86%
Built after 2000
15%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 12%15–25 9%25–45 20%45–65 28%65+ 32%
Average household size
2.1
Households with children
30%
Single-person households
38%
Residents per km²
1,344

Nearby neighbourhoods

Verspreide huizen Thorn

Maasgouw

6.3

Kern Ittervoort

Leudal

7.7

Verspreide huizen Ittervoort

Leudal

6.2

Kern Neeritter

Leudal

5.6

Panheel

Maasgouw

5.7

Eiland-Brandt

Maasgouw

6.8

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Molsberg-Rodeput

Simpelveld

6.6

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Thorn calculated?

Thorn scores 6.6 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 Thorn a safe neighbourhood?

Thorn scores 8.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (18.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.