neighbourhood in Veldhoven
Verspreide huizen Zittard
1,965 residents · postal code 5505 · Part of Oerle, Veldhoven
The scattered houses around Zittard near Veldhoven make up a rural, safe area: 716 residents per square kilometre, safety a 9.8 and an overall grade of 9.5. More than four in ten households have children and 81 percent of homes were built after 2000. Amenities lag at 4.6. Home values are €583,000, at 16.7 crimes per 1,000 people present.
- no. 1,091 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 17 in Veldhoven
How Verspreide huizen Zittard 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, 33 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.
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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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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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.
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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.
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Who lives here
Verspreide huizen Zittard has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4539%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
716 — 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.
Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Verspreide huizen Zittard calculated?
Verspreide huizen Zittard scores 9.4 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 Verspreide huizen Zittard 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 Verspreide huizen Zittard a safe neighbourhood?
Verspreide huizen Zittard scores 9.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Veldhoven
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Veldhoven.
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