The districts of Geertruidenberg

Geertruidenberg has 21,940 residents (2026), spread across 3 districts and 11 neighbourhoods.

Top 48% of the Netherlands

Many families, thinner wallets

Geertruidenberg comes out at 6.4 as a municipality — better than 52% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Families lift that grade with 7.6; wealth and income hold it back at 5.0. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Geertruidenberg-Noord (7.6), the lowest in Geertruidenberg-West (5.1). That is 2.5 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 21,940
districts: 3
neighbourhoods: 11
km² of land: 26.6

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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

18.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

4.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 531 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.9 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

16.5 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

7.1 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 365,986

Welfare recipients

15.2 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

63%

Social housing

31%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

80%

Built after 2000

18%

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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

4,029 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,175

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

0.6 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

14%

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,010 — 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 Geertruidenberg, weighted by population.