neighbourhood in Peel en Maas
Buitengebied Kievitsheide
270 residents · postal code 5985 · Part of Grashoek, Peel en Maas
Home to 270 residents, Buitengebied Kievitsheide is a rural area in Peel en Maas. Measured against every neighbourhood in the Netherlands, it scores 9.9 out of 10. Scores are fairly even, with wealth and income (9.2) as the strongest pillar. For families it stands at 8.6.
- no. 106 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 52 in Peel en Maas
How Buitengebied Kievitsheide 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, 3 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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
Buitengebied Kievitsheide has strikingly few young people aged 15 to 25: 6%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–256%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
39 — far less 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 Buitengebied Kievitsheide calculated?
Buitengebied Kievitsheide scores 9.9 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 Buitengebied Kievitsheide 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 Buitengebied Kievitsheide a safe neighbourhood?
Buitengebied Kievitsheide scores 7.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (19.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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