district in Bernheze
Kern Heesch
Kern Heesch has 20 neighbourhoods with 13,255 residents in total.
With twenty neighbourhoods and 13,255 residents, Kern Heesch is a spread-out village core in Bernheze. The scores cluster closely: amenities and safety both at 7.2, the overall a touch lower at 7.1, wealth at 6.4. Only quiet and nature trails a bit, at 6.5. An even-handed place where no single pillar stands out and the weak spot lies mainly in the lack of calm.
no. 3 of the 6 districts of Bernheze
Short answer: Kern Heesch scores 8.1 as a district of Bernheze, no. 3 of the 6 districts of Bernheze. Its strongest neighbourhood is Broekhoek - Monseigneur van Den Hurklaan (9.9), the worst 't Dorp (4.9). The district has 20 neighbourhoods with 13,255 residents in total.
Key figures for Kern Heesch
- residents
- 13,255
- neighbourhoods
- 20
- km² of land
- 5.1
How Kern Heesch 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, 373 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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 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 figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Kern Heesch looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,800 — 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 Kern Heesch, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Kern Heesch
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Kern Heesch.
Lowest grades
Neighbourhoods in Kern Heesch
Sorted by total grade
- 1Broekhoek - Monseigneur van Den Hurklaan9.9
- 2Schoonstraat9.7
- 3De Velft9.7
- 4De Beemd9.6
- 5Den Berg9.6
- 6De Hoef 29.3
- 7't Vijfeiken8.8
- 8Middelste Groes8.5
- 9De Hoef 18.3
- 10Graanbuurt8.2
- 11Het Rul8.1
- 12Kennedystraat7.8
- 13Wagnerplein7.7
- 14Buitenpas - Noordrand7.2
- 15Componistenbuurt6.9
- 16Bekerbuurt6.6
- 17Oranjebuurt5.3
- 18De Zeis5.1
- 19Heelwijk5.0
- 20't Dorp4.9