The districts of Roerdalen

Roerdalen has 20,845 residents (2026), spread across 6 districts and 24 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 45% of the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Roerdalen comes out at 5.8 as a municipality — better than 44% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.4; wealth and income hold it back at 4.3. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Montfort (7.7), the lowest in Reewoude (2.8). That is 4.9 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 20,845
districts: 6
neighbourhoods: 24
km² of land: 88.2

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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

21.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

6.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 557 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

7.8 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

7.6 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

7.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 km

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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

€ 325,150

Welfare recipients

15.7 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

74%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

90%

Built after 2000

13%

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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

2,358 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

413

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

0.9 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

5.3 km

Residents under 15

13%

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Who lives here

Roerdalen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,352 — 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 Roerdalen, weighted by population.