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neighbourhood in Roermond

Voorstad

1,950 residents · postal code 6041 · Part of Centrum, Roermond

  • no. 4,357 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 8 of 36 in Roermond

Scores per pillar

Voorstad is Roermond's nineteenth-century entrance, between station and centre, and much of its brick has been renewed: four in ten homes are post-2000. Of the residents, 44 percent are over 65 — among the country's highest. The €418k average value sits exactly on the national middle. Overall: 7.5.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.8 km
General practitioner
1.1 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
2.7 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
1.9 km
Hospital
2.1 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
0.8 km
Library
1.0 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
25.8
Violent crimes
0.9
Burglaries
1.4

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 418,000
Owner-occupied
62%
Single-family homes
44%
Built after 2000
40%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 10%15–25 5%25–45 16%45–65 25%65+ 44%
Average household size
1.9
Households with children
18%
Single-person households
41%
Residents per km²
3,578

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Voorstad calculated?

Voorstad scores 7.5 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 Voorstad a safe neighbourhood?

Voorstad scores 5.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (25.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.