The districts of Gulpen-Wittem

Gulpen-Wittem has 14,025 residents (2026), spread across 7 districts and 29 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 42% of the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Gulpen-Wittem comes out at 5.6 as a municipality — better than 41% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Quiet and nature lift that grade with 8.0; wealth and income hold it back at 4.7. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Wijlre (8.7), the lowest in Reijmerstok (3.0). That is 5.7 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 14,025
districts: 7
neighbourhoods: 29
km² of land: 73.2

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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

24.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

10.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 428 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

2.0 km

GP practice

1.8 km

Train station

7.1 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

10.1 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

3.1 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

€ 358,437

Welfare recipients

9.6 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

68%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

79%

Built after 2000

11%

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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

1,224 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

75%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

278

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.9 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

1.5 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

1.2 km

Secondary school

3.6 km

Residents under 15

11%

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Who lives here

Gulpen-Wittem has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,218 — far less 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 Gulpen-Wittem, weighted by population.