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neighbourhood in Veldhoven

Meerveldhoven

2,545 residents · postal code 5503 · Part of Veldhoven, Veldhoven

  • no. 4,353 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 11 of 17 in Veldhoven

Scores per pillar

Amenities do the pulling in Meerveldhoven: at 8.6 they lift the overall grade to 7.5. The housing stock is mixed, at 56 per cent owner-occupied and more than a third multi-family, and four in ten households are single-person. Safety earns a 7.2, though crime, at nearly 27 per 1,000 people present, sits just above the median. Property, at 437,000 euro, lies close to the national middle, the station just over six kilometres away.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.9 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
2.9 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
6.1 km
Hospital
1.5 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
1.3 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
26.7
Violent crimes
1.0
Burglaries
0.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 437,000
Owner-occupied
56%
Single-family homes
69%
Built after 2000
17%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 9%25–45 24%45–65 28%65+ 26%
Average household size
2.0
Households with children
28%
Single-person households
42%
Residents per km²
1,547

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Meerveldhoven calculated?

Meerveldhoven 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 Meerveldhoven a safe neighbourhood?

Meerveldhoven scores 7.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.