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neighbourhood in Waalre

Ekenrooi

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

Top 8% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Ekenrooi in Waalre is an emphatically owner-occupied family neighbourhood: 86 percent of homes are owned and 97 percent single-family. Safety at 8.4 and wealth & income at 8.6 make for an 9.5 overall. The average home, at €504,000, is above the national midpoint. At just over fifteen offences per 1,000 people present, crime stays under the median; only amenities at 5.3 lag, and the station is nearly seven kilometres away.

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

How Ekenrooi 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
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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The figures

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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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
€ 504,000
Welfare recipients
7.8 per 1,000
High incomes
29%
Low incomes
34%
Vacancy
1%
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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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
3,669 inw/km²
Noise level
52 dB
Green surroundings
69%
Trees nearby
22%
Water share
1%

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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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
0.5 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

    2.3around 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

    3,669far 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

How is the grade for Ekenrooi calculated?

Ekenrooi scores 9.5 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 Ekenrooi 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 Ekenrooi a safe neighbourhood?

Ekenrooi scores 8.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (15.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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