neighbourhood in Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
Nuenen-Zuid
7,090 residents · postal code 5672 · Part of Nuenen, Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
Eighty percent ownership and 92 percent single-family houses: Nuenen-Zuid is a prosperous, green municipality north of Eindhoven. Safety (7.3) and wealth (6.8) lift the total to 6.4, with twenty offences per thousand below the middle. At 452,000 euro the average home sits above the national median. The district is ageing, though — three in ten residents are over 65 — and space and quiet stays middling at 5.9.
- no. 3,761 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 8 of 10 in Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
How Nuenen-Zuid scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 187 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
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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
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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
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Who lives here
Nuenen-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+31%
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
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,542 — 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
How is the grade for Nuenen-Zuid calculated?
Nuenen-Zuid scores 7.8 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Nuenen-Zuid lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Nuenen-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
Nuenen-Zuid scores 7.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (19.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten.
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