neighbourhood in Waalre

Ekenrooi

3,830 residents · postal code 5583 · Part of Waalre, Waalre

Top 8% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

Ekenrooi earns a 9.5 as an overall score while the amenities pillar stalls at a 5.3, and that is no contradiction but a trade. Supermarket, GP and restaurant are all a good kilometre or more away here and the railway station far beyond. What you get in return sits in the other four pillars.

The wealth & income pillar is one where every component points the same way. Property values sit sharply above the Dutch median, nearly three in ten households have a high income, the share of low incomes stays below the national figure, vacancy is negligible and social assistance sits slightly under the Dutch level. The 8.6 has no weak spot.

For quiet & nature the canopy counts most: it covers a good two and a half times as much of the surroundings here as in the average neighbourhood, with a green share above it too. Among the offences violence is the most striking category — it comes out at roughly a third of the national level.

no. 954 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 2 of 5 in Waalre

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Is Ekenrooi a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ekenrooi comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ekenrooi is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

15.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 69 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

1.4 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

6.6 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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

€ 504,000

Welfare recipients

7.8 per 1,000

High incomes

29%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

86%

Social housing

11%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

97%

Built after 2000

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

3,669 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

69%

Trees nearby

22%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

890

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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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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

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.8 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Ekenrooi looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,669 — far more 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

Is Ekenrooi a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ekenrooi comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ekenrooi is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Ekenrooi?

In Ekenrooi the police recorded 69 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Ekenrooi calculated?

Ekenrooi scores 9.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Ekenrooi lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.