neighbourhood in Meierijstad
Eerschot
2,190 residents · postal code 5491 · Part of Sint-Oedenrode, Meierijstad
Safe, but not spacious
The nearest railway station is almost eleven kilometres from Eerschot, while supermarket, GP, school and restaurant are all within a kilometre. That lopsided spread is the complete explanation for a 6.3 on a pillar that measures nothing but distance.
The wealth & income pillar can only partly count as strong. The property value is above the national middle and vacancy is minimal, but the share of households with a high income stays below the median and the share with a low income above it. Expensive homes, ordinary incomes.
The quiet & nature pillar is the weakest of the five and that comes mainly from noise: more than four decibels above the Dutch middle, in a neighbourhood that otherwise sits close to the median on greenery and trees. For residents that is the difference between the back garden and the street side.
- no. 4,403 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 34 of 90 in Meierijstad
How Eerschot scores
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Is Eerschot a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Eerschot comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Eerschot is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 41 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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 Eerschot looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,523 — far more densely populated than 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
Is Eerschot a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Eerschot comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Eerschot is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Eerschot?
In Eerschot the police recorded 41 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for Eerschot calculated?
Eerschot scores 7.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Eerschot lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Meierijstad.
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