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Oosterhout

6,310 residents · postal code 6515 · Part of Nijmegen-Noord, Nijmegen

  • no. 535 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 1 of 40 in Nijmegen
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Scores per pillar

Oosterhout is new-build in northern Nijmegen: almost everything went up after 2000 (99 percent), 93 percent of homes are single-family and the ownership rate is 78 percent. It is decidedly family territory, with nearly six in ten households raising children and barely six percent over 65. The overall grade of 9.7 ranks among the country's highest, carried by housing (9.4) and social cohesion (8.6). Amenities are the weakest at 6.3.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.9 km
General practitioner
1.2 km
Primary school
1.2 km
Secondary school
1.8 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
2.8 km
Hospital
1.1 km
Restaurant
1.6 km
Café
2.2 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
16.4
Violent crimes
1.3
Burglaries
0.4

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 518,000
Owner-occupied
78%
Single-family homes
93%
Built after 2000
99%
Income per resident
€ 38,000

Who lives here

0–15 24%15–25 15%25–45 25%45–65 30%65+ 6%
Average household size
2.8
Households with children
59%
Single-person households
19%
Residents per km²
2,541

Nearby neighbourhoods

Tergouw

Overbetuwe

5.7

Kern Oosterhout

Overbetuwe

8.6

Ressen

Nijmegen

9.3

Buitengebied Oosterhout West

Overbetuwe

8.0

Lent

Nijmegen

9.0

Weurt-Noord

Beuningen

6.7

Similar neighbourhoods

Bunde

Meerssen

9.7

Java-eiland

Amsterdam

9.7

Zevenend

Laren (NH.)

9.7

Oranjebuurt

Castricum

9.7

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Oosterhout calculated?

Oosterhout scores 9.7 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 Oosterhout a safe neighbourhood?

Oosterhout scores 8.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.