The districts of Hulst

Hulst has 27,380 residents (2026), spread across 16 districts and 49 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 39% of the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Hulst comes out at 5.4 as a municipality — better than 38% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.1; wealth and income hold it back at 4.9. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Nassau (9.3), the lowest in Kern Terhole (2.5). That is 6.8 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 27,380
districts: 16
neighbourhoods: 49
km² of land: 201

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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

22.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

6.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 718 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

2.6 km

Train station

46.9 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

4.9 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

3.2 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

€ 312,718

Welfare recipients

10.0 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

17%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

91%

Built after 2000

17%

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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

2,085 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

494

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

1.0 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

4.8 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,074 — 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 Hulst, weighted by population.