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neighbourhood in Roerdalen

Posterholt

3,550 residents · postal code 6061 · Part of Posterholt, Roerdalen

  • no. 8,251 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 8 of 19 in Roerdalen

Scores per pillar

Few places feel as safe as Posterholt: a 9.7, with fifteen offences per 1,000 people present against a national median of 24. Housing lags well behind at 3.8. This is village Limburg — 91 percent single-family homes, three-quarters owned, and nearly three in ten residents past 65. The nearest railway station is a good nine kilometres away, though the supermarket and GP are close at hand.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.8 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.9 km
Secondary school
6.3 km
Childcare
0.8 km
Train station
9.6 km
Hospital
9.5 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
8.3 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
15.9
Violent crimes
0.6
Burglaries
0.3

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 292,000
Owner-occupied
73%
Single-family homes
91%
Built after 2000
8%
Income per resident
€ 31,000

Who lives here

0–15 12%15–25 9%25–45 21%45–65 29%65+ 29%
Average household size
2.1
Households with children
30%
Single-person households
32%
Residents per km²
2,432

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Posterholt calculated?

Posterholt scores 5.3 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 Posterholt a safe neighbourhood?

Posterholt scores 9.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (15.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.