neighbourhood in 's-Hertogenbosch
Pettelaarpark
110 residents · postal code 5216 · Part of Zuidoost, 's-Hertogenbosch
How Pettelaarpark 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, 46 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.
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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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
Pettelaarpark has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 29%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2529%
NL median 11%
- 25–4539%
NL median 22%
- 45–6513%
NL median 28%
- 65+–Not enough data
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
1.0 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
Not enough dataNot enough data
NL median 31%
Households with children
Not enough dataNot enough data
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
418 — 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.
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