The districts of Valkenswaard

Valkenswaard has 32,825 residents (2026), spread across 3 districts and 20 neighbourhoods.

Top 48% of the Netherlands

Many families, thinner wallets

Valkenswaard comes out at 6.4 as a municipality — better than 52% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Families lift that grade with 6.9; wealth and income hold it back at 5.6. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Oud-Dommelen & Lage Heide (9.8), the lowest in Centrum (3.2). That is 6.6 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 32,825
districts: 3
neighbourhoods: 20
km² of land: 81.1

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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

22.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

7.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 971 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

1.1 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

11.5 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

8.4 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 428,075

Welfare recipients

14.3 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

62%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

79%

Built after 2000

16%

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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

3,076 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,438

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

0.6 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.7 km

Residents under 15

13%

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,076 — far more 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 Valkenswaard, weighted by population.