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The districts of Oirschot

Oirschot has 19,535 residents (2026), spread across 4 districts and 15 neighbourhoods.

Top 42% of the Netherlands

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Safe, but everything is a drive away

Oirschot comes out at 6.9 as a municipality — better than 58% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.2; amenities hold it back at 5.5. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in De Notel (9.4), the lowest in Verspreide huizen Westelbeers (4.4). That is 5.0 points of difference inside one municipality.

Key figures for Oirschot

residents
19,535
districts
4
neighbourhoods
15
km² of land
102

How Oirschot scores

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The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
21.4 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.8 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.9 per 1,000
Property crime
8.7 per 1,000
Vandalism
1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 580 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in Oirschot →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Oirschot →

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
1.7 km
GP practice
1.5 km
Train station
8.3 km
Restaurant
1.0 km
Hospital
12.8 km
Café
1.0 km
Library
3.4 km
Motorway ramp
2.0 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Oirschot →

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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
€ 507,323
Welfare recipients
8.2 per 1,000
High incomes
20%
Low incomes
37%
Vacancy
5%
Owner-occupied
77%
Social housing
12%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
85%
Built after 2000
20%

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
2,381 inw/km²
Noise level
50 dB
Green surroundings
54%
Trees nearby
12%
Water share
1%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
636
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.7 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.

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
1.2 km
Households with children
36%
Childcare
1.1 km
Secondary school
3.9 km
Residents under 15
14%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Oirschot →

Who lives here

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

Age profile

  • 0–1514%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2511%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4522%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6529%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+25%

    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

    2.3 — around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    30% — around the average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    35% — around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    2,381 — 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 Oirschot, weighted by population.

Weakest neighbourhoods

The worst and the safest districts of Oirschot

The worst districts of Oirschot are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.

Other rankings

The 4 districts of Oirschot with a grade

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Middelbeers en Westelbeers7.4
  2. 2Oirschot7.1
  3. 3Oostelbeers6.3
  4. 4Spoordonk5.5