The districts of Echt-Susteren

Echt-Susteren has 32,285 residents (2026), spread across 11 districts and 58 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 39% of the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

As a municipality, Echt-Susteren sits at 5.4, better than 38% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Amenities lift that grade with 7.1; wealth and income hold it back at 4.7. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in In de Mehre (9.8), the lowest in Susteren Centrum (2.5). That is 7.3 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 32,285
districts: 11
neighbourhoods: 58
km² of land: 103

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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

23.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

8.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,034 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

1.8 km

GP practice

1.9 km

Train station

2.8 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

4.4 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

3.4 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 331,072

Welfare recipients

14.4 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

Built after 2000

14%

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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

2,480 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

738

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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.

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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

1.0 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

3.7 km

Residents under 15

12%

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
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
2.1 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,456 — around the 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 Echt-Susteren, weighted by population.