The districts of Brunssum

Brunssum has 27,525 residents (2026), spread across 5 districts and 45 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 34% of the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Brunssum averages 5.0, which puts the municipality above 33% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 7.7; wealth and income hold it back at 3.7. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Treebeek-Noord (8.5), the lowest in Kleikoelen (2.7). That is 5.8 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 27,525
districts: 5
neighbourhoods: 45
km² of land: 17.2

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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

32.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

10.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,156 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

0.8 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

6.2 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 237,866

Welfare recipients

26.7 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

27%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

74%

Built after 2000

14%

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

4,119 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,659

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

0.7 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Brunssum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,119 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Brunssum, weighted by population.