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Vrijhoeve

4,020 residents · postal code 5161 · Part of Sprang-Capelle, Waalwijk

  • no. 7,989 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 9 of 20 in Waalwijk

Scores per pillar

Vrijhoeve, in Sprang-Capelle near Waalwijk, is thinly built — just over a thousand residents per square kilometre — with strong green space (7.1) and safety (7.8). Social life (4.3) and housing (4.7) trail, keeping the total at 5.4. More than four in five homes are single-family, but the station is more than fifteen kilometres away. The average home value is €361,000.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
2.3 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
15.5 km
Hospital
2.5 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
1.1 km
Library
1.1 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
21.7
Violent crimes
2.6
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 361,000
Owner-occupied
55%
Single-family homes
87%
Built after 2000
8%
Income per resident
€ 31,000

Who lives here

0–15 15%15–25 11%25–45 23%45–65 28%65+ 24%
Average household size
2.3
Households with children
36%
Single-person households
32%
Residents per km²
1,016

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Vrijhoeve calculated?

Vrijhoeve scores 5.4 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 Vrijhoeve a safe neighbourhood?

Vrijhoeve scores 7.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (21.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.