The districts of Valkenburg aan de Geul
Valkenburg aan de Geul has 16,470 residents (2026), spread across 6 districts and 32 neighbourhoods.
Spacious, quiet and ageing
Valkenburg aan de Geul comes out at 6.2 as a municipality — better than 49% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Quiet and nature lift that grade with 8.2; families hold it back at 4.4. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Berg (9.4), the lowest in Emmaberg (3.2). That is 6.2 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Valkenburg aan de Geul
- residents
- 16,470
- districts
- 6
- neighbourhoods
- 32
- km² of land
- 36.7
How Valkenburg aan de Geul 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.
In 2025, 659 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Valkenburg aan de Geul →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Valkenburg aan de Geul →
The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The most affluent neighbourhoods in Valkenburg aan de Geul →
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Valkenburg aan de Geul →
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
The best neighbourhoods for families in Valkenburg aan de Geul →
Who lives here
Valkenburg aan de Geul has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,508 — 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 Valkenburg aan de Geul, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Valkenburg aan de Geul →Berg
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Weakest neighbourhoods
The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Valkenburg aan de Geul →Other rankings
All districts of Valkenburg aan de Geul
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