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Den Dungen

3,960 residents · postal code 5275 · Part of Den Dungen, Sint-Michielsgestel

Top 12% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Den Dungen is a Brabant village with a 9.1 overall: safety at 9.2, wealth at 7.5 and space and quiet at 5.6 all sit reasonably high. Nearly nine in ten homes are single-family, three-quarters owned, and the average home, at €475,000, is above the national midpoint. At twelve offences per 1,000 people present, crime runs about half the national median. Amenities at 5.6 lag most, and the station is a good six kilometres off.

  • no. 1,489 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 4 of 23 in Sint-Michielsgestel

How Den Dungen 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.
Total crime
12.5 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.4 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.6 per 1,000
Property crime
4.0 per 1,000
Vandalism
1.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 61 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.
Supermarket
1.1 km
GP practice
0.9 km
Train station
6.6 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Hospital
7.0 km
Café
0.8 km
Library
4.8 km
Motorway ramp
1.8 km

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.
Property value
€ 475,000
Welfare recipients
5.1 per 1,000
High incomes
23%
Low incomes
36%
Vacancy
2%
Owner-occupied
76%
Social housing
19%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
89%
Built after 2000
22%

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.
Population density
2,633 inw/km²
Noise level
49 dB
Green surroundings
54%
Trees nearby
8%
Water share
0%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
659
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.8 µg/m³

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.
Primary school
0.6 km
Households with children
38%
Childcare
0.4 km
Secondary school
3.5 km
Residents under 15
18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Den Dungen has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1518%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–259%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4526%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6525%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+22%

    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

    2.3around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    28%fewer than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    38%more than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    2,633more 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 Den Dungen calculated?

Den Dungen scores 9.1 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 Den Dungen 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 Den Dungen a safe neighbourhood?

Den Dungen scores 9.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (12.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

The best and worst neighbourhoods of Sint-Michielsgestel

Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Sint-Michielsgestel.

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